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 SACRAMENTO, CA -   The voices of cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are making a difference at the Capitol as evidenced by the vital cancer-fighting policies that ... passed the legislature in 2018. The advocacy affiliate for the American Cancer Society, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), released its 2018 Legislative Scorecard  today and gave high marks to California legislators who voted in support of an array of ... access to healthy food in urban areas known as food deserts by creating a pilot program to help small businesses and corner stores with the cost of installing refrigeration units. The Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Cap Removal (SB 945) that eliminates treatment caps, allowing ...

... and control programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a 2.3 percent increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including a 2.8 percent increase for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and a 2.7 percent increase for the National Center on ... easier to survive and less expensive to treat. A colorectal cancer screening program will give low-income individuals access to screenings that can detect pre-cancerous lesions and prevent the disease altogether thanks to a 14 percent funding boost. Additional funding will enable tobacco ... funding can the NIH, NCI, NCHMD, and the CDC conduct their important work to conquer a disease that will kill an estimated 560,000 Americans and cost the economy more than $228 billion this year. ACS CAN, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, supports ...

... RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS With negotiations over the debt limit and deficit preoccupying Congressional leaders and the White House, ACS CAN wrote to the president and the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate today asking that a full scale effort against cancer be made a top priority as negotiations continue. Read the letter and ... first time since the Medicare program was created in 1965, Medicare now covers an annual wellness visit with a participating doctor, also at no cost.   CMS has also launched an outreach and education campaign -- Share the News, Share the Health -- to promote the benefits throughout the ...

... RESEARCH AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS With negotiations over the debt limit and deficit preoccupying Congressional leaders and the White House, ACS CAN wrote to the president and the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate today asking that a full scale effort against cancer be made a top priority as negotiations continue. Read the letter and ... first time since the Medicare program was created in 1965, Medicare now covers an annual wellness visit with a participating doctor, also at no cost.   CMS has also launched an outreach and education campaign -- Share the News, Share the Health -- to promote the benefits throughout the ...