Congress

The American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, the Association of American Cancer Institutes, and Friends of Cancer Research recognized Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) for their outstanding commitment to cancer research and leadership in funding for biomedical science.

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ASCO, along with the American Association for Cancer Research, the Association of American Cancer Institutes and Friends of Cancer Research, is holding an advocacy day on Capitol Hill this week to advocate for sustained funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

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In letters to bill sponsors, Representatives Phil Roe, MD (R-Tenn.) Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex.), ASCO is supporting the “Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare Act,” which would repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). The IPAB, created by the Affordable Care Act, is a 15-member panel charged with the authority to make targeted cuts to Medicare, including payments to physicians, if the program’s overall costs rise faster than a certain rate.

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In a letter to Reps. Joe Heck (R-Nev.) and Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.), co-sponsors of the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act, ASCO applauds the legislation for proposing to repeal the sustainable growth rate and reform the Medicare reimbursement system. The bill also averts scheduled reimbursement cuts for 2014, expands testing of new payment models and provides options for physicians to transition to new payment models.

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One Voice Against Cancer, a coalition of public interest groups—including ASCO—representing millions of cancer researchers, physicians, pa...

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In written testimony to Congress on April 26, ASCO President Sandra M. Swain, MD, FACP, urged legislators to support a “strong federal investmen...

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Today, out of concern for public safety, Congress provided the Federal Aviation Administration enhanced flexibility in application of sequestration related cuts, including reversal of furlough requirements imposed on air traffic controllers. Individuals with cancer deserve no less.  

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ASCO along with the Community Oncology Alliance, ION Solutions and The US Oncology Network commended a bipartisan group of 124 lawmakers in the U.S House of Representatives who sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expressing concern that Medicare cuts to critical cancer medications, which took effect on April 1 as part of the budget sequester.

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