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WASHINGTON, D.C. July 18, 2012 -People with cancer and their families are disappointed that appropriators in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to flat line cancer research and eliminate funding for critical programs that would improve access to chronic disease ... advances in early detection and treatment of cancer are completely dependent on consistent funding for research that keeps up with the growing cost of medical research and leverages past progress. This bill fails to keep pace and puts the continued preeminence of American leadership in ... and treatment of chronic diseases like cancer. Resurrecting barriers to care by defunding grants to help set up marketplaces where people can shop and compare options for quality coverage and stripping funding for the Prevention and Public Health Fund which is refocusing the nation on ...

There is no safe level of secondhand smoke. Even brief exposure can cause immediate harm! Each year, secondhand smoke causes nearly 42,000 deaths among nonsmokers, including 7,300 lung cancer deaths. The best ... smoke, encourage adults to quit smoking and reduce medical costs. Currently, 25 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia have laws ensuring 100 percent smoke-free workplaces, including restaurants and bars. Has your state taken steps to limit secondhand ...

Governor Carney has signed HS 1 of HB 302 this week, making Delaware the eighth state in the U.S. to enhance coverage of prostate cancer screenings for high-risk men. The bill ... as well as those who have made an informed decision with their doctor to get screened should have access to barrier-free screening without cost-sharing. I am proud to see this legislation make that possible,” said Lance Kilpatrick, Delaware Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN). ACS CAN and ZERO Prostate Cancer extend their gratitude to legislative champions Representative Bolden and Senator Hoffner and express their ...

As the leading patient group in the health care debate, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network SM (ACS CAN) continues to work to ensure that the voices of cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones are heard. This week, 15 cancer patients and their caregivers came to Washington, D.C., for a ... needed now, not later.  The cancer advocates had contacted the American Cancer Society’s Health Insurance Assistance Service (HIAS), and some of them were featured in the February report by the Society and the Kaiser Family Foundation titled, “Spending to Survive: Cancer Patients ...