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One of the patients traveling to the "Surviving the System" lobby day is Roseanne Nabhan from Indiana. Doctors diagnosed Roseanne Nabhan with a 10-centimeter sarcoma in June 2007. Roseanne completed 28 radiation treatments to reduce the size of the sarcoma and later had a lumpectomy. She is now in remission.

Week Ending May 16th This week was one of the most important in the health care reform debate, with the president using his bully pulpit several times to promote the issue. On Monday, May 11, he met with executives from organizations representing health insurers, drug companies, hospitals, doctors, medical device

5-15-09 Maine Statehouse Update

On May 19 and 20, 29 cancer patients, survivors, and their loved ones from across the country will travel to Washington, DC, to participate in the ACS CAN "Surviving the System: Why Cancer Patients Need Health Care Reform NOW" Lobby Day. ACS CAN staff and the patients will take the

Each day the evidence mounts that real health care reform really can happen this year. It certainly feels different than the last time comprehensive reform was on the national agenda -- during the early 1990's. Today, diverse groups are all working together to find consensus on the thorny issues that

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Much of the current health care reform debate is a rehash of issues that have been argued for many years -- government vs. private insurance, insurance market rules, mandated benefits, etc -- all important but not "new". Last week, however, there was something new from a policy perspective. Karen Pollitz,

Nationwide health care reform that benefits cancer patients would work for all Americans. ACS CAN released a national bipartisan poll this week on the impact of the economic downturn on access to lifesaving cancer prevention and treatment. Four in 10 Americans feel they would not be able to afford all

The nation is one step closer to ending Big Tobacco's unfettered access to children in America with the Senate introduction of legislation to grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate manufacturing, marketing and sale of tobacco products. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) introduced this important legislation, which