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Contact House and Senate Health Staff

We have pulled together contact information for House and Senate health legislative staff to use in outreach Click here to access contact information for House health staff and click here for Senate contacts. The lists are presented by state by Representative and Senator. Please remember to use the health staff contact information for selective, personalized

Read the Letters Cancer State Societies Sent to Members of Congress to Stop Cancer Care Cuts

You can read the letters here that state cancer organizations have sent to members of Congress to ask their help in stopping any consideration of Medicare drug reimbursement cuts as part of the debt ceiling negotiations. Alabama Arizona (House letter) (Senate letter) California (Southern; sample) Colorado (Coalition of Hematology and Oncology Practices) Colorado State Society (House letter)

ACT NOW to Stop a Severe Cut to Medicare Payment for Cancer Care!

On a list of proposed Medicare spending reductions for consideration by the debt “super committee” is a cut to Medicare cancer drug reimbursement from ASP + 6% to ASP + 3%. Given the serious adverse consequences this would have for cancer patients and the nation’s cancer care, already in a state of crisis, you need

Ask Your Representatives to Co-Sponsor H.R. 905

The inclusion of manufacturer-to-distributor prompt pay discounts in the calculation of Average Sales Price (ASP) artificially lowers Medicare drug reimbursement, as well as other private insurer payments based on ASP. Legislation introduced in the House — H.R. 905 — eliminates these prompt pay discounts from the calculation of ASP. Reach out to your Representatives today

Access the COA “Must Read” List

Here is the COA “Must Read” list for all oncology professionals: Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer On-line articles: The Cost Conundrum (The New Yorker, 6/1/09) What You Don’t Know Might Kill You; The right doctors can make all the difference when it comes to treating cancer. So why don’t we

Community Oncology Alliance Statement on Health Care Reform

Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 (H.R. 3590) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872) April 2010 Click Here

Sign the Petition to Stop Cancer Care Cuts!

Please sign the Stop Cancer Care Cuts petition below. It takes seconds to fill in some basic information. In minutes, you will receive an email confirming that you signed the petition. If you do not get this confirmation email back to you, please check your junk or spam inbox to see if it is there.