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Right now, I feel both relieved and concerned for the future in the fight against cancer. After months of partisan bickering, Congress finally passed a budget for 2011 last week -- but only after making sizable cuts to cancer programs we care deeply about. We can claim one important success.

Members of the Health Care and You coalition, a partnership formed by the nationŠ—Ès leading organizations that represent consumers, patients, physicians, nurses, hospitals and pharmacists, are conducting a national radio tour to inform consumers about the new website HealthCareAndYou.org. Representatives from AARP, ACS CAN and Catholic Health Association (CHA) will

One year ago the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. Many provisions have begun to take affect and are already helping cancer patients and their loved ones. This week we launched a new tool to help you better understand how the law impacts you. Think you already know all

Cancer patients and survivors deserve a workplace free from discrimination. To that end, ACS CAN responded to an EEOC request for comments on its regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments of 2008. The ADA is the primary law protecting cancer patients and survivors from discrimination

ACS CAN has joined together with other leading national groups representing consumers, patients and health care professionals to launch HealthCareandYou.org Š—– a new resource to help Americans understand how the health care law impacts them and their families. The site offers straightforward, easy-to-comprehend information about what is in the law,

After a week spent back in their districts, Members of Congress are back in Washington, DC to continue work on this yearŠ—Ès budget.ξ The last vote on the budget included drastic cuts to cancer research, prevention and early detection programs.ξ But the fight is not over yet, and ACS CAN

Early this morning, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget with drastic cuts to cancer prevention and early detection programs. The impact of these cuts could be devastating and reverse so many of the gains we've made in the fight against cancer. "This legislation represents a major setback in

This week the U.S. House of Representatives is debating a bill that could drastically cut funding for lifesaving cancer research, prevention and early detection programs.ξ Drastic cuts to these programs would mean lives lost instead of lives saved. It would mean more suffering instead of less suffering. Your U.S. Representative

In last nightŠ—Ès State of the Union address, President Obama told the country that he considers federal funding of biomedical research to be a priority for the coming year. Since he took office, the president has expressed a strong commitment to cancer patients and cancer research. Last nightŠ—Ès speech reaffirmed