President's Panel on Cancer Releases Report on Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Statement from American Cancer Society Chief Medical Officer Otis W. Brawley
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Local and State Lawmakers Must Continue Lifesaving Progress and Pass More Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 21, 2011 – “Tremendous progress has been made during the past decade to protect workers and patrons from the hazardous effects of secondhand smoke.
Cancer Patients Call on Lawmakers to Reject Proposed Budget Cuts That Would Reverse Progress Against Cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 15, 2011 – “People with cancer and their families are urging lawmakers to reject the funding cuts in the House budget resolution for fiscal year 2012 that would make it more difficult, and in some cases impossible, for them to access lifesaving care.
FY 2011 Budget a Cause for Relief and Concern in the Fight Against Cancer
Cancer Research Funding Cuts Limited; Prevention Program Cuts Damaging
Public Health Groups Urge Lawmakers Not to Reduce Access to Effective Pain Treatments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 14, 2011 – The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), together with several organizations representing people living with pain, sent a letter to the U.S.
Cancer Patients Call on Lawmakers to Support Prevention Fund
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 13, 2011 -- The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote today on a proposal to repeal the new Prevention and Public Health Fund, which is making an unprecedented investment in proven prevention programs in communities nationwide.
Amendment to House Budget Resolution Would Protect Lifesaving Cancer Research Funding
WASHINGTON – April 6, 2011 – An amendment by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) to the FY 2012 budget resolution being marked up today in the House Budget Committee would prohibit funding cuts to cancer and other disease research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
FY 2012 House Budget Resolution Would Mark A Setback in the Fight Against Cancer
Severe Cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Disease Prevention and Medical Research Would Threaten Access to Health Care for People With Cancer
ACS CAN Urges Senators to Support Research on Impact of Small Business Fix on Low-Income Families
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is urging senators to vote for an amendment offered by Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) that would require research into the impact of a proposal to fix a flawed small business reporting requirement on low- and middle-income families.
GAO Report Inconclusive About Whether Alternatives to Individual Mandate Are Economically Viable
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 25, 2011 – A Government Accountability Office report made public today analyzes alternatives to the requirement in the Affordable Care Act that most people purchase health insurance. Although the report, which was prepared at the request of Sen.