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Cancer care advocates and physicians across the U.S. are rallying Congress lawmakers to stop the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from executing the sequester cut to Medicare payments for cancer care drugs as part of a "Virtual Hill Day" supported by The US Oncology Network and the Community Oncology Alliance (COA).
Medicare sequester cuts to cancer drugs will heighten the country's cancer care crisis, limit patient access to community-based care and hike up Medicare costs.
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Federal Programs Related to - Health Care, General/Other
Programs which help people achieve and maintain physical well-being through prevention, screening, evaluation and treatment and the provision of family planning, maternity and other services that relate to human reproduction.- RECOVERY ACT STATE VICTIM COMPENSATION FORMULA GRANT PROGRAM
- Cooperative Agreements to Improve the Health Status of Minority Populations
- Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement
- AIDS Education and Training Centers
- Rural Health Research Centers
- Urban Indian Health Services
- Telehealth Network Grants
- Consolidated Health Centers (Community Health Centers, Migrant Health Centers, Health Care for the H
- Indian Health Service_Health Management Development Program
- State Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
- Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)
- National Center for Health Workforce Analysis
- Minority Health and Health Disparities Research
- Child Development and, Surveillance, Research and Prevention
- State Health Insurance Assistance Program
- Paralysis Resource Center
- National Implementation and Dissemination for Chronic Disease Preventio
- Tribal Self-Governance Program: Planning and Negotiation Cooperative Agreement
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers
- Affordable Care Act (ACA) Grants for New and Expanded Services under the Health Center Program
- Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research
- Grants for Training in Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry
- Rural Health Care Services Outreach and Rural Health Network Development Program
- Grants to Provide Outpatient Early Intervention Services with Respect to HIV Disease
- Native Hawaiian Health Systems
- Demonstration Projects for Indian Health
- Health Professions Recruitment Program for Indians
- International Research and Research Training
- National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System
Federal Programs Related to - Cancer
Programs that support the prevention, treatment and cure of neoplasms, abnormal formations of tissue, such as a tumor or growth, which serve no useful function, but grow at the expense of the healthy organism.Bladder Cancer; Bone Cancer; Brain Cancer; Brain Neoplasms; Brain Tumors; Burkitt's Lymphoma; Cancer; Kaposi Sarcoma; Liver Cancer; Lung
Cancer; Melanoma; Paget's Disease; Prostate Cancer; Renal Cancer; Sarcoma; Stomach Cancer; Testicular Cancer
Federal Programs Related to - Government & Public Administration
Programs that are concerned with the effective functioning of government, including the administration of public agencies and the actions and decisions of public officials. Bankruptcy Programs; Election Regulation; Government Reform (+ Advocacy); Social Security Reform (+ Advocacy)Federal Programs Related to - Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, General/Other
Programs that focus on protecting and promoting the broad civil rights and civil liberties of individuals and work to change public policy and opinion in a variety of areas.See also: +COMMON CODE Advocacy (**B); Hate Crimes Prevention (I02.07); Housing Discrimination (I05.08); Voter Services (W08.05)
