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March 12, 2009
National

ACS CAN today will join the Aspen Institute at a Washington, DC event to launch the Aspen Health Stewardship Coalition and call for smart and sustainable improvements to the US health care system. The coalition is part of

March 12, 2009
National

Momentum has been building for ACS CAN's " Winning the War on Cancer Requires Health Care Reform " Facebook cause. Hundreds of new cause members are being added daily. Help us

March 11, 2009
National

The U.S. House of Representatives approved the 2009 (FY09) Omnibus Appropriations ActξFebruary 25 and the U.S. Senate approved it late yesterday by voice vote. The Omnibus contains several critical cancer funding provisions thatξACS CANξfought hard to see included.

March 10, 2009

The Senate tonight continued to build momentum in a renewed war on cancer, approving a spending bill that includes a nearly $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the current year.

March 9, 2009
Maine

Governor's Budget & Legislature Overview It was another long week of budget at the Appropriations committee. I sat in for the hearing on Dirigo funding,

March 6, 2009
Maine

I had the distinct privilege today of attending the White House Summit on Health Care Reform. President Obama made it clear at the Summit that the White House is intent on fixing the broken health care system, calling it a

March 6, 2009
Maine

"President Obama could not have been more explicit in making cancer and health care top priorities for his administration. With extraordinary resolve, the President stated his goal to conquer cancer and to cure in our lifetime a disease that kills more than

March 6, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- March 6, 2009 -- For the first time, more U.S. states have received A grades than failing marks for colorectal cancer screening laws, according to the 2009 Colorectal Cancer Legislation Report Card. Issued today by a coalition of 11 leading public health groups and medical professional societies,

March 5, 2009
National

ACS CAN President Daniel Smith will participate in today's Presidential Health Care Summit . You can read updates from the summit on this blog, or get real-time updates via the ACS CAN Twitter feed