WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 24, 2009 – “Cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are one step closer to a remedy for our nation’s ‘sick care’ system after the Senate today passed comprehensive health reform legislation.
After months of negotiations and weeks of floor debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) is calling on senators to invoke cloture and pass health care reform legislation this year so that House and Senate conferees can begin working on a strong final product for patients.
ACS CAN volunteer Dan Brodrick traveled to Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON – December 13, 2009 – “The Senate today showed a renewed commitment to defeating cancer, passing an FY 2010 domestic appropriations bill that includes long overdue increases for cancer prevention services and helps to sustain critical research funding levels.
WASHINGTON, DC -- December 11, 2009 -- “People with cancer are very encouraged that their concerns have been heard about a provision currently in the Senate health care reform bill that could subject patients to a sudden termination of coverage for critical care.
WASHINGTON – December 10, 2009 – “The House of Representatives today showed a renewed commitment to defeat cancer, passing an FY 2010 domestic appropriations bill that includes long overdue increases for cancer prevention services and helps to sustain critical research funding levels.
WASHINGTON, DC -- December 9, 2009 -- The states are collecting record amounts of revenue from the 1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco taxes, but have cut funding for programs to reduce tobacco use by more than 15 percent in the past year, according to a report released today by a coalition of pu
WASHINGTON, DC -- December 3, 2009 -- "Cancer patients and survivors are opposing the amendment to health care reform legislation offered by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) because it would not ensure no-cost preventive services for women.
Washington, D.C. – December 1, 2009 – “The cancer community is enormously pleased by House passage of a resolution encouraging awareness of ovarian cancer, the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers.
Reducing the number of breast cancer deaths in America requires improved access to mammography and clinical breast examination, testified Otis Brawley, M.D., chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health today.