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Governor's Budget & Legislature Overview It was another long week of budget at the Appropriations committee. I sat in for the hearing on Dirigo funding,

I had the distinct privilege today of attending the White House Summit on Health Care Reform. President Obama made it clear at the Summit that the White House is intent on fixing the broken health care system, calling it a

"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

ACS CAN President Daniel Smith will participate in today's Presidential Health Care Summit . You can read updates from the summit on this blog, or get real-time updates via the ACS CAN Twitter feed

TIME magazine is running two stories about the health care crisis that prominently feature the American Cancer Society and the Health Insurance Assistance Service (HIAS), a call service for patients who have questions pertaining to health insurance. One of the stories will be on the cover of this week's issue,

CQ Article: Bill Would Provide $50 Million for Colon Cancer Screening Programs Nationwide By Anne L. Kim, CQ Staff CQ HEALTHBEAT NEWS March 2, 2009 Š—– 4:08 p.m. A bill recently introduced would direct $50 million nationwide to programs that screen for, treat and monitor colon cancer and give

Hope Lodge guests and Legislative Ambassadors from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network gathered gathered at Hope Lodge New York City to watch President Obama's Address to Congress. The evening included a pot luck dinner and a fund-raiser for ACS CAN. Hope Lodge provides free temporary housing for cancer