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ACS CAN Wisconsin advocates meet with Speaker Paul Ryan

March 2, 2017
Wisconsin

ACS CAN Wisconsin advocates, Nikki Payne, David Reilly, and Kari Reilly, recently met with Speaker Paul Ryan David was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 20 years ago on his 29 th birthday. After months of chemotherapy and radiation, he was cancer free. But the treatments that saved his life also severely

Thank You Letter from ACS CAN Volunteers to Speaker Ryan Published in Janesville Gazette

February 21, 2017
Wisconsin

"Thank you, Speaker Ryan, for your leadership in getting 21 st Century Cures passed to fund more medical research. The next step is to make sure we will all be able to access those breakthroughs. Please support legislation that will keep us covered."

Wisconsin lawmakers introduce legislation to curb youth tobacco use

February 13, 2017
Wisconsin

Rep. Jeffrey Mursau (R-Crivitz), Rep. Joan Ballweg (R-Markesan) and Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls) introduced legislation last week to ensure “other tobacco products,” such as cigars and e-cigarettes, are not given preferential treatment over cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.

ACS CAN reacts to Governor Walker’s budget proposal

February 10, 2017
Wisconsin

Sara Sahli, Wisconsin government relations director for ACS CAN, issued a media statement in reaction to Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget released on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.

Alternative Medicaid Financing Proposals Could Jeopardize Cancer Care; Increase States’ Medicaid Costs

January 4, 2017
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming

States would likely face increased costs and cancer patients and survivors could face delayed preventive, diagnostic and curative care under alternative Medicaid financing models being considered by Congress. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today sent a letter detailing the organization’s concerns to select governors...

Cancer advocates to deliver petitions to Speaker Ryan’s office,

November 28, 2016
Wisconsin

Janesville, Wisc. (Nov.21, 2016)— The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will drop off more than 7,000 petitions at the Janesville office of U.S. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to give voice to the urgent need to pass the 21st Century Cures bill and the Cancer Moonshot.

Thousands of petitions delivered to Speaker Paul Ryan

November 28, 2016
Wisconsin

Every day in Wisconsin, 90 people are diagnosed with cancer. That’s almost 33,000 people a year, just in our state alone. Those people need and want the most current research and treatment possible. In a recent poll of Wisconsin votes, 82% said the need for federal funding for cancer research

SLA Kirby Davidson featured in local paper

November 2, 2016
Wisconsin

MUST READ: Kirby Davidson, State Lead Ambassador in Wisconsin, featured in article about Cancer Votes billboard. “Davidson fights for increased support for cancer research in honor of his son, because Ryan always said medicine never failed him.” To learn more visit: http://bit.ly/2dZdOsm

Research Breakfast in Milwaukee huge success!

October 26, 2016
Wisconsin

Community members and advocates, cancer survivors, physicians and scientists gathered for today’s 2016 annual Research Breakfast, sponsored by American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and MCW Cancer Center Panel experts addressed cancer health disparities, removing barriers to clinical trials, accelerating research and improving research efficiency through data sharing and advocacy