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Ready to make a difference?

Anyone who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of people impacted by cancer can be a cancer advocate. Your voice is critical to help policymakers know what is important to people living with and beyond cancer, and what matters to their loved ones.

Stand Up for Cancer Patients & Survivors

Here are quick & simple actions you can take now to support people impacted by cancer. Send pre-filled letters urging your members of Congress to support legislation in 3 key areas:

1. Support Cancer Prevention & Early Detection

An estimated 70% of cancer deaths are attributed to cancers that lack early detection screenings. Join us in advocating to increase access to preventative cancer screenings.

2. Protect Access to Needed Care

Efficient access to essential cancer care saves lives and decreases burdens placed on patients and their community. Join us in advocating to protect and expand access to care.

Support timely access to treatment

Support Safe Step Act

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Help ensure lower patient copays

Help Lower Copays

Ensure cancer treatment is affordable

Support Affordable Cancer Treatment

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Help combat anti-microbial resistance

Combat Anti-microbial Resistance

3. Improve Care Coverage

Every person deserves access to quality & affordable care. Join us in advocating to improve lives and increase care coverage for survivors, caregivers & vulnerable populations.

Remove barriers and increase participation in clinical trials

Expand Access to Clinical Trials

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Support the health and unmet needs of cancer survivors

Support the Survivorship Act

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Protect healthcare for seniors & people with disabilities

Help Protect Healthcare

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Ensure telehealth services are available to all who need them

Support Telehealth

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Learn About Cancer Advocacy

Cancer advocates work to educate the community and policymakers on important issues that affect people impacted by cancer. Watch these videos for an introduction to grassroots advocacy and ways you can make a difference.

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How to Become an Advocate

ASK RUBY about How to Become an AdvocateResponse:Becoming a cancer patient advocate is an easy, meaningful way to make a difference. Cancer patient advocates speak out about issues important to people affected by cancer and empower others to act. 

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Creating Access for Patients at the Federal Level

This educational webinar discusses grassroots advocacy at the federal level, including health care advocacy, political advocacy, research advocacy, and self advocacy.

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What Patients Need to Know About Value-based Care

Ruby, your virtual community navigator, will help you understand value-based care, how health care “value” is defined, and the importance of including patient perspectives in the growth of value-based care. To learn more about value-based care and other cancer policy issues, sign up to become a member of our Grassroots Network.

Want to help ensure that people impacted by cancer have access to quality, timely, and affordable healthcare? Sharing your own story can help raise awareness about concerns that need attention and action.