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November Monthly Advocacy Update

December 8, 2010
Massachusetts

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE For more information, visit http://fightcancer.org/healthcare .

November Monthly Advocacy Update

December 8, 2010
Vermont

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT UPDATE For more information, visit http://fightcancer.org/healthcare .

Congress Urged to Complete Spending Bills So Funding for Cancer Research and Prevention Isn 't Left in Limbo

December 8, 2010

WASHINGTON – December 8, 2010 – With the holidays fast approaching, families affected by cancer are calling on Congress to approve spending levels for Fiscal Year 2011 that sustain the current level of support for research and prevention so that progress in the fight against cancer will not be stalled.

12-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

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

2011 Federal Priorities Shared with Members of Congress

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.

12-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

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

12-2-10 Affordable Care Act Update

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

Administration Sets Aggressive Public Health Goals With Healthy People 2020 Report

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

House Passage of Child Nutrition Bill an Opportunity to Reduce Childhood Obesity

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