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More text messages of support for cancer advocates keep flooding in every minute. Here are some more messages of support: Go get em! U have my support and prayers! The time for quality coverage is now Please support health care reform! I m a cancer survivor! You need to pass

The May 20 "Surviving the System" Lobby Day is underway. Cancer patients, survivors, and their caregivers are meeting with Members and their staff right NOW. At 8:30 this morning, the 27 cancer patients, survivors, and their caregivers were given a great send off from Dan Smith, president of ACS CAN,

Arizona? Check. Florida? Check. Ohio? Check. Looks like ACS CAN's army of grassroots supporters all across the country are excited to supportξ Joni, and Tammy, and Cathy, and Glenn and Roseanne and all of the other "Surviving the System" advocates. Click the Read more link to see more messages of

The deluge of text messages of support never stops. From messages like "Go get 'em" to "U R Heroes", the setiment has been felt here in DC.ξ Click the Read More link below to see the newest messages. We need to better healthcare for our cancer patients!! This has to

As of this post Phyllis Miller, one of the Surviving the System lobby day advocates, has her picture featured on the homepage of Roll Call (UPDATE: Page is no longer live, use this link to view ) Note: Comments for this post have been archived

What an amazing whirlwind of a day today! Our patient advocates and their caregivers successfully made it to Washington for ACS CAN's "Surviving the System" Lobby Day, each with his or her own personal story of how theyŠ—Ève fallen through the cracks of the current health insurance system. Today's Lobby

ACS CAN staff has been preparing for weeks to get ready for some very special visitors who are coming to our nation's capital to tell their stories on their struggles in dealing with our current health care system. Volunteers flew in from across the country and ACS CAN staffers greeted

One of the patients traveling to the "Surviving the System" lobby day is Roseanne Nabhan from Indiana. Doctors diagnosed Roseanne Nabhan with a 10-centimeter sarcoma in June 2007. Roseanne completed 28 radiation treatments to reduce the size of the sarcoma and later had a lumpectomy. She is now in remission.

On May 19 and 20, 29 cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones from across the country will travel to Washington, DC, to participate in the ACS CAN "Surviving the System: Why Cancer Patients Need Health Care Reform NOW" Lobby Day. ACS CAN staff and the patients will take the