President Trump’s Executive Order on Affordable Care Act—what does it mean?
Shortly after the inauguration ended on Friday, President Donald Trump signed his first executive orders. Among them was an order directing Health and Human Services…
Federal Departments & Agencies
The United States federal government is comprised of many different agencies and departments. Several of these are critical to cancer prevention and early detection advocacy….
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Although it can differ from bill to bill, in general the following steps are involved when each bill becomes a law: Step 1 A bill…
Guide to the Affordable Care Act
What’s in the Affordable Care Act? The incoming Republican-controlled House and Senate, along with President-Elect Donald Trump, have announced that one of their first orders…
Tell Congress to keep the Prevention and Public Health Fund
All year, we’ve been asking you to support the 21st Century Cures Act, an important piece of legislation that would increase funding for the National…
What Happens Next
The results of the election are in and the Republicans have taken the White House, Senate and House. This was a surprising turn of events…
A cause everyone can get behind—increasing funding for medical research
On September 22, the Prevent Cancer Foundation joined more than 100 organizations in the Rally for Medical Research. This annual event brings together advocates, patients,…
What's Happening in Congress
What’s Happening in Congress Congress returned from summer recess this week and has only a few weeks left to finish their work before they break…
Markup scheduled tomorrow morning for House Appropriations Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee Budget
In advance of markup, the House Appropriations Committee today released a draft of the bill. The draft bill would give $33.3 billion for National Institutes…
Host Your Own Moonshot Summit
On June 29, Vice President Biden is hosting a Moonshot Summit in Washington D.C. to discuss the goals of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative. You can…
