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We’re Making Fighting Cancer an Election Issue
... attended a key debate where the moderator asked ACS CAN’s question challenging candidates to commit to supporting improved access to health care for cancer patients and survivors. You can see the candidates’ responses to this and other cancer questions in our exclusive cancer voter ...
Legislation Reintroduced in the House and Senate Aimed at Increasing Early Cancer Detection in Medicare
... U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and clinical benefit has been shown. This bipartisan and bicameral legislation was the most supported health care bill in the 118 th Congress with the broad support of 320 members of the House of Representatives and 65 members of the Senate. The ...
Philip R. O’Brien Named American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Cancer Votes National Ambassador
... and their families.” O’Brien is an attorney and shareholder with Reinhart, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He provides legal counsel to self-funded health and pension funds across the United Statesand is a frequent speaker and author on the subject of employee benefits. Reinhart is a nationally ... advocacy affiliate, ACS CAN has successfully advocated for billions of dollars in cancer research funding, expanded access to quality affordable health care, and advanced proven tobacco control measures. We stand with our volunteers, working to make cancer a top priority for policymakers in cities, ...
ACS CAN Volunteers Participate in White House Webcast on Breast Cancer
... Thelma Doris (Harper) Jones Washington, DC Thelma is a four-year breast cancer survivor who is a relentless cancer advocate and certified breast health educator for the American Cancer Society. She also serves as a community navigator for Smith Center for Healing and the Arts where she ... in her home state of Florida, in-between treatment appointments. Marguerite "Peggy" Belanger Old Orchard Beach, ME Peggy is a breast health nurse and the Cancer Care Program Manager at Southern Maine Medical Center, a community hospital. She has worked in Maine for her entire career Screening women for ...
Buffalo Bills’ Levi Wallace Teams Up for Gamers vs. Cancer Event on #GivingTuesdayNow
... caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonprofits have long been on the frontlines serving our communities. But as a result of the current public health crisis, donations have been scarce. Cancer hasn’t stopped and ACS CAN is working hard to help ensure cancer patients have access to care during this difficult time. ACS CAN is using #GivingTuesdayNow to educate people about its lifesaving work to fight back against cancer and ...
Legislation Aimed at Eliminating Financial Barriers to Prostate Cancer Screening Introduced in the House
... thousands of lives each year.” This legislation is one of the many ways ZERO, the AUA, and ACS CAN are engaged in combating the longstanding health inequities within prostate cancer. And, for men that have a family history of prostate cancer, a diagnosis is twice as likely compared to ... who are at high-risk for prostate cancer and decide to move forward with screening after an informed decision-making discussion with their health care provider should have access to that screening with no required cost sharing,” said Lisa A. Lacasse, President of the American Cancer Society ...
Hundreds of Cancer Patients, Survivors to Congress: Make Cancer a National Priority
... prevention funding, ACS CAN volunteer advocates will also encourage lawmakers to advance legislation that addresses disparities in cancer care and supports more equitable access to cancer clinical trials through the Henrietta Lacks Enhancing Cancer Research Act (the Act) ... , who is co-chair of the House Cancer Caucus, and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) who is a powerful voice in the effort to decrease health disparities. Massachusetts State Senat or John Keenan and State Representative Danielle Gregoire are also award recipients for their ... cancer fight, is being given to Jeffrey B. Dubner of the Democracy Forward Foundatio n for his tremendous work representing public health groups in a lawsuit brought against the FDA for its failure to meet its obligations under the Tobacco Control Act. “ We all have a ...
Statement: Leaders of Nation’s Charitable Nonprofits Urge Congress to Go Further
... their mission delivery.” “Nonprofits serve as frontline responders to national crises such as the novel coronavirus, providing resources and care to those facing profound disruption in their lives and communities, particularly the most disadvantaged among us,” said Nancy Brown, CEO of ... thrive, and this is never more true than in times of crisis," said Stephanie J. Hull, Ph.D., president and CEO of Girls Inc. "Our current public health emergency requires Congress to take urgent action so that nonprofits across the U.S. can continue our critical work at this pivotal time." ... and placement — but charitable organizations won’t be able to operate if they cease to exist.” “The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency. The longer it goes on, the more it also becomes a housing emergency,” said Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity ...
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