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4/7/11 Affordable Care Act Update

April 11, 2011
Maine

Capitol Hill Update FY2011 House Budget Resolution

4/7/11 Affordable Care Act Update

April 11, 2011
Massachusetts

Capitol Hill Update FY2011 House Budget Resolution

4/7/11 Affordable Care Act Update

April 11, 2011
Vermont

Capitol Hill Update FY2011 House Budget Resolution

Amendment to House Budget Resolution Would Protect Lifesaving Cancer Research Funding

April 6, 2011

WASHINGTON – April 6, 2011 – An amendment by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) to the FY 2012 budget resolution being marked up today in the House Budget Committee would prohibit funding cuts to cancer and other disease research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Following is a statement

FY 2012 House Budget Resolution Would Mark A Setback in the Fight Against Cancer

April 5, 2011

Severe Cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, Disease Prevention and Medical Research Would Threaten Access to Health Care for People With Cancer WASHINGTON – April 5, 2011 – Following is a statement from Christopher W. Hansen, president of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), about the budget resolution released

3-31-11 Affordable Care Act Update

April 1, 2011
Maine

Capitol Hill Update GAO Report on Individual Mandate Released Last Friday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made public a report Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) requested regarding potential alternatives to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate provision, which requires most Americans to purchase health insurance beginning in 2014.

3-31-11 Affordable Care Act Update

April 1, 2011
Massachusetts

Capitol Hill Update GAO Report on Individual Mandate Released Last Friday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made public a report Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) requested regarding potential alternatives to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate provision, which requires most Americans to purchase health insurance beginning in 2014.

3-31-11 Affordable Care Act Update

April 1, 2011
Vermont

Capitol Hill Update GAO Report on Individual Mandate Released Last Friday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) made public a report Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) requested regarding potential alternatives to the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate provision, which requires most Americans to purchase health insurance beginning in 2014.

March Advocacy Roundup

March 31, 2011
New Jersey, New York

John Seffrin and Lance Armstrong Team Up for Cancer Research Last week, John Seffrin and LIVESTRONG founder Lance Armstrong appeared together at a press conference in Washington, D.C. to send a message to Congress that cancer patients cannot wait any longer for new livesaving treatments. Joined by National