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... to call on the General Assembly to make cancer a top legislative priority. Coaches from four state colleges joined volunteers in representation of the Coaches vs. Cancer initiative, a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The visit was part of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network’s annual Day at the Capitol, in which coaches and ... nationwide, but we still haven’t fully implemented proven ways to prevent the disease in the first place,” said Mark Runyan, a lead ACS CAN volunteer from Eldon. “More than 13,000 Missourians will still lose their lives to cancer in 2018 alone. We’re here today to ask lawmakers ...

... hearing today on H.R. 3119, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), is a major step forward in advancing quality of life for cancer patients, survivors and their families. The palliative care legislation would increase federal research on palliative care and ... establish a national public education and awareness campaign to educate patients and health care providers about the availability and benefits of palliative care. R. Sean Morrison, M.D., director of the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in ... quality of care and quality of life for adults and children with serious illness. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) was a leading member in founding the coalition in 2013. Dr. Morrison will make the case that medical care for the seriously ill is ...

... 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 ...