Team Captains Meeting. Tuesday, May 28th at 5:30pm.

Northwestern Medical Center Cafeteria

Dinner is provided by Northwestern!

Raise $100 by May 28th to get your Relay T-shirt

Survivors - please register! We want to see you.

WOW! Check out ALL of our fundraisers here:

Questions? Contact any of our committee members here!

FACT 19

ACS CAN Increasing Access to Care:  Implementing Provisions of the Affordable Care Act

Roughly half of all cancer deaths in the US are preventable, and scientific breakthroughs are leading to better screening tests, treatments and prevention methods.  But for decades, millions of Americans have faced barriers to accessing the lifesaving care they need because of skyrocketing health care costs or because they have been denied coverage outright.

In fact, the American Cancer Society’s own peer-reviewed scientific studies show that people without health insurance are more likely than those with health coverage to be diagnosed with cancer at advanced stages, and more likely to die from the disease.  The Society and ACS CAN have long sought to eliminate these barriers and ensure that people with cancer and their families nationwide have access to quality, affordable health care.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law in 2010, contains numerous provisions important to people with cancer and their families.  ACS CAN and its partners fought hard to ensure patient protections that directly improve access to care were in the law, and lawmakers from both parties support many of the specific measures, including those that:
·        Ban pre-existing condition exclusions.
·        Eliminate annual and lifetime benefits limits.
·        Guarantee health coverage to all applicants.
·        Prohibit insurance companies from charging people more for coverage because of their health status.
·        Allow states to increase the number of uninsured people who receive health coverage through Medicaid.
·        Refocus the health care system on disease prevention and early detection.

These patient protections are helping to make progress toward the nationwide goals adopted by the Society’s National Board of Directors in 2006 to significantly reduce the number of cancer patients and survivors who are uninsured or cannot afford lifesaving care.

RELAY FOR LIFE STATE DRESS DOWN DAY - A FUNDRAISER FOR EACH TEAM TO JOIN IN ON!!!

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

Relay For Life Dress Down Day is an event to Celebrate, Remember, and Fight Back!

The American Cancer Society asks companies, schools, organizations and clubs to participate in this event by asking their employees and clientele to each donate $5 to the Relay For Life in their community to dress down for the day.  A Lot of companies already dress down for Friday we know...but just imagine the chance to dress down, or dress PURPLE for a Wednesday while donating to Relay For Life and making a difference in your community!

To receive your kit and to register as an official Relay For Life Dress Down/Dress Purple site, e-mail Tanya.Walker@cancer.org  today.  All money you raise will go directly to your Relay For Life team!

FIGHT BACK through research! THIS YEAR, selected Relay event(s) in our community are offering the unique opportunity to participate first-hand in a landmark new study, the Cancer Prevention Study-3 (CPS-3).The American Cancer Society will be enrolling people into CPS-3, a long-term study that will help researchers better identify the lifestyle, environmental, and genetic factors that cause or prevent cancer. Please spread the word and visit the Cancer Prevention Study-3 website to find an enrollment location near you and for more information about how to participate in research today for a cancer free tomorrow!

Dedicate Luminaria bags in honor or in memory of a loved one lost to cancer >>

Fight Back Against Cancer through Research!

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Questions?

Contact Amy Deavitt:

amy.deavitt@cancer.org

802-872-6316

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