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... you our voices were heard, with the House Appropriations Committee including an additional $1 billion in funding for the National Institute of Health in its proposed health funding bill.      Also on Lobby Day, volunteers conducted 14 live and four taped television interviews with local news stations across ... ten years in order to reduce the federal deficit. The committee can recommend any deficit-reduction measures it wants, be they cuts to health care access programs and cancer research and prevention, or tax increases of any kinds. While they may face political restraints, there are ...

... fight against cancer. With the election behind us, it's time for our nation to renew its commitment to bringing cancer under control as a major health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease.   ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the health reform law important to cancer patients and their families will continue. There is much work to be done leading up to the January 1, 2014 ...

... fight against cancer. With the election behind us, it's time for our nation to renew its commitment to bringing cancer under control as a major health problem by adopting laws and policies that help people fight the disease. We're looking forward to working with lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on our priority issues so we can move closer to eliminating suffering and death from this devastating disease.   ACCESS TO CARE - AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Post-Election Outlook Voters remain divided in their views of the Affordable Care Act according to exit polls , but President Obama's re-election virtually assures that implementation of provisions in the health reform law important to cancer patients and their families will continue. There is much work to be done leading up to the January 1, 2014 ...

... in Houston hosted in the spring. A third cancer center event is scheduled for August 25 at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE   Litigation Update On June 27, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued the first appellate decision in litigation ... Act. The court upheld the law, reasoning that Congress had acted within its constitutional authority when it required individuals to purchase health insurance (the so-called individual mandate). One of the leading conservatives on the court -– George W. Bush appointee Jeffrey Sutton ... Ten states -– California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia –- have had health insurance exchange legislation signed into law. Two states -- Connecticut and North Carolina -- have exchange bills awaiting gubernatorial ...