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CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS   Appropriations The 2012 fiscal year budget process and the work of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or "super committee," continue to move forward. Congress is beginning to pick up the pace on ... levels as well as serious policy differences. A resolution on the bill may not arrive until sometime in December.   In the meantime, ACS CAN continues to engage super committee members, congressional leadership, and House and Senate appropriators to ensure that the fight against ... people with Medicare reviewed their health status at a free Annual Wellness Visit or received other preventive services with no deductible or cost sharing this year.  In addition, nearly 1.8 million people with Medicare have received discounts on brand-name drugs in the Medicare Part D ...

CANCER RESEARCH AND PROGRAM FUNDING   ACS CAN volunteers joined cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, physicians, and researchers in Washington, DC, last week for the One Voice Against ... 33 states came together to urge Congress to support federal funding for cancer research and prevention programs and met with almost 150 members of Congress and their staff. The meetings were timely and important, as Congress begins to take up next year's spending bills. Read the ACS CAN press release .   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE   High Risk Pools The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several important changes to the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) recently.   Among the ...

... Brochure Now in Print     A few weeks ago I informed you about a new consumer-friendly guide, created by the Society with help from ACS CAN, that posted on cancer.org and fightcancer.org , that describes how provisions of the Affordable Care Act help people with cancer and their families.   The guide, which also discusses provisions of the law as they apply to the Society’s original “4 A’s” that define meaningful health coverage – adequacy, affordability, ...

  CELEBRATE WITH ACTION Celebrate With Action is coming! Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 when ACS CAN volunteers will rally in every corner of the country to call on Congress to protect and ultimately increase funding for cancer research. Close to 250 events in all 50 states will take ...