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National Football League and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Team up to Support Breast Cancer Awareness on Capitol Hill

October 20, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C – October 20, 2009 – Cancer survivors teamed up with the National Football League (NFL) and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) today for a breast cancer awareness event on Capitol Hill. Coinciding with October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the NFL has implemented the Crucial

Improvement Urged to Senate Finance Proposal to Make Quality Affordable Health Care a Reality

October 19, 2009

The undersigned groups greatly appreciate the Senate Finance and HELP committees’ substantial progress in advancing comprehensive health reform legislation. As you merge these committees’ bills, it is essential to ensure that final legislation makes high quality health care affordable for all Americans. The current proposal that cleared the Senate Finance

Maine: 10-9-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

October 13, 2009
Maine

Maine: 10-9-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

Massachusetts: 10-9-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

October 13, 2009
Massachusetts

On Capitol Hill On Thursday morning, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced its "score" of the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill, indicating that the revised measure would cost $829 billion,

Fight Back: Make October A Month For Reform

October 13, 2009
New York

Many people don’t realize it, but fighting cancer means fixing health care. Our current health care system fails millions of people, especially cancer patients.

Vermont: 10-9-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

October 13, 2009
Vermont

Vermont: 10-9-09 This Week in Health Care Reform

An Important Vote

October 13, 2009
National

With passage of a bill in the Senate Finance Committee, cancer patients and those impacted by cancer are one step closer to seeing meaningful health care reform. ACS CAN has worked hard to ensure that many of our key policy principles are included in this legislation. The bill that passed

Finance Committee Vote Moves Process Forward Toward Enacting Health Reform; Affordability Concerns for Cancer Patients Still Prevail

October 13, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC -- October 13, 2009 -- “The Senate Finance Committee’s approval today of health care legislation brings Congress one step closer to enacting meaningful reform that will benefit families affected by cancer and other life-threatening chronic diseases. Congress continues to show its determination to pass health care reform this

Michelle's Law: A Mother's Journey for Reform

October 9, 2009
National

The following entry was submitted by AnnMarie Morse, Michelle's mother. Life is getting back to normal after an awesome time in Washington, DC, for ACS CAN Lobby Day. It was something else to see the massive sea of ASC CAN blue shirts all around Capitol Hill. My meetings with