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ArchivesFunding for Cancer Research and Control Programs in the President’s FY 2011 Budget
The fiscal year 2011 budget process got underway today when President Obama sent Congress his budget proposal. The President’s $3.8 trillion budget includes a three-year freeze on non-security discretionary spending in order to save about $250 billion over 10 years and start narrowing the $1.6 trillion gap between proposed budget outlays and tax receipts. The freeze caps the overall level of spending so that some programs get increases (for example, cancer research at NIH and NCI receives a funding increase), while other programs (including some of the cancer control programs at the CDC) are cut. The freeze comes on top of a proposal to eliminate, or scale back, 120 programs in order to save more than $20 billion.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued the following statement of support,
“[u]nder this budget, we will provide the health and human services that Americans depend on more effectively, slashing waste and focusing programs on results. And we’ll make many of the necessary investments our country has been putting off for years, including investments in fighting health care fraud, strengthening our public health infrastructure, and getting serious about health and wellness,” said Sebelius. “This budget is a big step toward a healthier, stronger America.” Continue reading…
Posted by Catherine Knowles on February 1st, 2010
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Tags: Budget, FDA, NCI, NIH, President Obama
The State of Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention
C3 President Carlea Bauman at the National Press Club
Today, C3 hosted a forum with Olympus in Washington DC to discuss current trends in colorectal cancer screening and prevention.
C3 President, Carlea Bauman, gave keynote remarks at the forum. Carlea spoke about the frustration that we face at C3 when we receive calls to our Answer Line from individuals looking for assistance finding affordable screening services and we only have a patch-work network of assistance available to them. Carlea explained that the way to change this is with enactment of a national screening and treatment program, “I look forward to the day where a national program exists so that when these calls come in, we can say, ‘Yes, you can get screened and yes, you can afford it.’”
I spoke on one of the panels about the impact the pending health care reform legislation will have on colorectal screening and why even if health care reform passes we will still need to enact legislation creating a national screening and treatment program for colorectal cancer. To read the text of my remarks, click here.
Posted by Catherine Knowles on January 29th, 2010
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Tags: C3 Answer Line, Health Care Reform, HR 1189
C3 and Olympus to Host Forum on Colorectal Cancer Screening and Prevention
A Forum in Washington, DC
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
The National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
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Please join C3, Olympus, and leaders from Congress, the Administration, the gastroenterology and colorectal cancer (CRC) communities, and other health experts to discuss current trends in screening and prevention. The Forum will focus on the need to maintain CRC screening and prevention as a national policy priority, as we work to defeat this beatable disease.
Posted by Catherine Knowles on January 20th, 2010
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C3 Board Chair Nancy Roach to Sit on Department of Defense Panel
C3 Founder and Board Chair Nancy Roach has been invited to sit on the Department of Defense (DOD) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Integration Panel for a one-year term. The PRCRP Integration Panel reviews research proposals that are submitted to the PRCRP program.
As a member of the Integration Panel, Ms. Roach will help with: (1) formulating a PRCRP vision and funding strategy that best addresses the research gaps for colorectal cancer; and (2) conducting a second-tier review of research proposals that are received by the US Army Medical Research and Material Command PRCRP program.
Ms. Roach issued the following statement after being invited to sit on the PRCRP Integration Panel: “It has long been a dream of mine to get funding through the Department of Defense for colorectal cancer research. This new funding will support research efforts that investigate new methods of studying early detection, screening and treatment of colorectal cancer as well as attracting new researchers to the field. It marks an important milestone in the fight against colorectal cancer with research on track to receive its fair share of federal resources, and I am honored to have been asked to sit on the PRCRP Integration Panel and have a role in setting the vision for the colorectal cancer research program.” Continue reading…
Posted by Catherine Knowles on January 18th, 2010
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Tags: Department of Defense
C3 Pushes Congressional Leaders to Improve the Pending Health Care Reform Bill
Today, C3 joined with twenty-one groups to send a letter to Congressional leaders about ways Congress can improve the final health care reform bill to make high quality and affordable health care available to cancer patients.
House and Senate Leadership were back at the White House today for another day-long negotiation session aimed at reconciling differences between the House-passed and Senate-passed bills. President Obama is scheduled to met with Democrats this evening at the Democrats’ annual issues conference to talk about health care reform.
Congressional leaders are working to get a final compromise agreed to, and sent to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) by Friday. CBO will need 10-15 days to analyze the bill and put together a cost estimate. Members want to see a final cost estimate and analysis before voting on the package.
Posted by Catherine Knowles on January 14th, 2010
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Tags: Health Care Reform, House of Representatives, Senate
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