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ItŠ—'s my pleasure to share the following guest blog from David Weis, an ACS CAN volunteer, cancer survivor and recent graduate of Georgetown University. David currently resides in New York City where he is beginning a career in investment banking at Stifel Nicolaus Weisel. David is one of three courageous ACS CAN volunteers sharing his personal story to raise awareness about the importance of funding for research at the National ...

... for the 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011), with the current one set to expire on April 8. This is likely the last stopgap measure, as a growing number of members of both parties and both chambers indicate that they will not support another short-term bill. A final compromise bill that would fund ... of it comes from entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and major changes to the programs would accompany the budget cuts.   ACS CAN has strong reservations about the budget’s proposal to finance Medicaid through block grants, which could lead to new restrictions in ... Medicare benefit started January 1, more than 150,000 seniors and others with Medicare have taken advantage of the visit. This new visit is a no-cost preventive benefit available to Medicare beneficiaries as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Read the ACS CAN fact sheet on April 2011 ...

... for the 2011 fiscal year (FY 2011), with the current one set to expire on April 8. This is likely the last stopgap measure, as a growing number of members of both parties and both chambers indicate that they will not support another short-term bill. A final compromise bill that would fund ... of it comes from entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and major changes to the programs would accompany the budget cuts.   ACS CAN has strong reservations about the budget’s proposal to finance Medicaid through block grants, which could lead to new restrictions in ... Medicare benefit started January 1, more than 150,000 seniors and others with Medicare have taken advantage of the visit. This new visit is a no-cost preventive benefit available to Medicare beneficiaries as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Read the ACS CAN fact sheet on April 2011 ...

...   Senate Action On July 29, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $1 billion (3.2 percent) increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) over the 2010 fiscal year (FY10) budget, for a total of $32 billion in FY11. This amount includes $5.2 billion for the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Read the ACS CAN press release .   Unfortunately an amendment from Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) that would have added another $1 billion to the NIH budget ... Care Act.   The regulations require new individual and group health plans to provide beneficiaries with certain preventive benefits at no cost starting September 23, 2010 (“grandfathered plans” do not have to comply with the regulation). Preventive services with a rating of "A" or ...