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ACS CAN Advocates Head to Washington DC to Lobby for Cancer Research

September 6, 2016

Volunteers will be in Washington, D.C., representing Michigan with hundreds of cancer patients and survivors from across the country to call on Congress to make the fight against cancer a top priority.

Volunteers are asking our lawmakers to do three things:

  • Increase federal funding for cancer researche
  • Support patient quality of life legislaiton
  • Eliminate surprise costs for seniors getting colorectal cancer screenings.

We know that Congress has tough decisions to make, but we hope that our lawmakers will agree that a full-scale effort against cancer, a disease that kills nearly 600,000 Americans every year – or one person every minute of every day – should be high on the nation’s priority list.