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December 6, 2010
Maine

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families

December 6, 2010
Maryland

Ambassadors reached out to new and returning Members of Congress to let them know that they are available as a resource for cancer issues. Information about our 2011 Federal Legisative priorities are being shared along with details about the amount of money that flows from the NIH, NCI, and CDC into each Congressional District.

December 6, 2010
Massachusetts

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families

December 6, 2010
Vermont

Below is this week’s update on the Affordable Care Act. As always, thank you for all you do every day to support laws and policies that help cancer patients and their families

December 2, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC – December 2, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this morning released its Healthy People 2020 report, which spells out nearly 600 public health goals for the next decade. The goals include several areas of particular concern to people with cancer and their

December 2, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC – December 2, 2010 – “A nationwide strategy to improve nutrition and physical activity in children is vitally important to ensure that future generations grow up healthy. With approximately one-third of all cancer deaths attributable to poor diet, physical inactivity, and overweight and obesity, the House’s passage today

December 1, 2010
New Jersey, New York

Fight Back Against Cancer this December

December 1, 2010
National

At a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, Stephen Finan, senior director of policy for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and Eugene Melville, a California resident and ACS CAN volunteer, testified about the inadequacy of limited-benefit insurance plans, otherwise known as Š—“mini-medŠ— plans, for cancer

December 1, 2010
National

Following the 2010 election cycle, ACS CAN volunteers did not miss a beat in meeting with their new Members of Congress to share with them the importance of funding cancer research. During these meetings, volunteers had a simple question for the new Congress: will you commit to work for a