National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
 

Join the network of cancer survivors and their loved ones who are speaking out for quality cancer care! Cancer Advocacy Now! allows you to make a difference, by making it easy to:

• Take action by sending a letter to your Representative
• Learn how to be an advocate with our free online training
• Find out about cancer issues by reading our policy priorities
• Brush up on how the legislative process works

http://www.canceradvocacy.org/get-involved/


National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship legislative advocacy training:
Part 1 gives an overview of cancer advocacy. Part II explains how to become a successful legislative advocate. Each part is approximately twenty minutes long.

http://www.canceradvocacy.org/get-in.../training.html

Reward Doctors For Whole Patient Care - Not Just Treatments And Surgery
 

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Acting President Ellen Stovall emphasized the need for drastic changes in how physicians are reimbursed for care. The panel discussion, titled "Cancer as a Chronic Disease: What Should be Done to Serve Cancer Survivors in 2009 and Beyond?," opened the 14th annual conference of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network and included several cancer experts as well as cancer survivor Elizabeth Edwards and New York Times writer Jane Brody.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/142116.php

Joane,

I signed up! Thanks!

I signed up too!

Hi Pink -
Cute pic. That post from Joanne that started this thread is from 2007. Haven't seen Joanne here for a while. Maybe not since she was battling with a nasty infection after a procedure.

Hope she is OK.