Cancer Society drops focus on smoking, targets health care reform

After decades of focusing in on trying to curb the smoking appetite of Americans, the American Cancer Society will change course, starting this week, and will target health care reforms that look at why so many citizens go without health insurance as cancer rates continue to climb.

Cancer death rates are higher for the uninsured, and that fact is causing the organization to spotlight the challenges of uninsured (or underinsured) cancer patients. I hope this does not mean that prevention tactics are being put aside for good.

Having adequate insurance should be a priority for us all. But then again, 44 million U.S. citizens don't even have it, a staggering amount for the world's richest nation. While prevention is key to any disease, taking take of those who need it (but perhaps cannot afford it) appears to the the front pitch for the organization now. What's your take on this controversial move?