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With a cancer survivor, as well as various care-givers in attendance, the overwhelming feeling of the guests at tonight's ACS CAN Presidential Address Party was that the President exceeded expectations in addressing health care in his speech. Not only did he call for reform that will provide quality, affordable health

In his speech before Congress last night, President Obama could not have been more explicit in making health care a top priority for his administration. He led by reviewing the newly enacted health care provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. "Our recovery plan...will launch a new effort to

WASHINGTON Š—– February 25, 2009 Š—– "President Obama could not have been more explicit in making cancer and health care top priorities for his administration. With extraordinary resolve, the President stated his goal to conquer cancer and to cure in our lifetime a disease that kills more than 560,000 people

A letter from Daniel Smith , president of ACS CAN, in response to a Washington Post columnist was published today. Read the letter here .

In tonight's Presidential address to Congress, President Obama made some significant remarks: this is America. We don't do what's easy. We do what is necessary to move this country forward. For that same reason, we must also address the crushing cost of health care. This is a cost