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Health Issues HCR

FY 2017 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, funding for the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer screening, research and programs in FY 2017. FY 2016 omnibus spending package (P.L. 114-113), including $32 billion for medical research conducted and supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). National Cancer Moonshot Initiative, meeting to discuss services and research for cancer survivors. Endorsement of the Senate Medical Debt Relief Act (S.2592).

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; White House Office; Office of the Vice President of the United States

Bills named: S. 2592 (114th)

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Comments submitted (with the Cancer Leadership Council) to the Senate Finance Committee on the Policy Options Document of the Bipartisan Chronic Care Working Group, specifically about improved care management for those with cancer. HR 2846, the Planning Activity for Cancer Treatment (PACT) Act of 2015, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of cancer care planning and coordination under the Medicare program.

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Office of the Vice President of the United States; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2846 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY 2017 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations, funding for the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer screening, research and programs in FY 2017. FY 2016 omnibus spending package (P.L. 114-113), including $32 billion for medical research conducted and supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); White House Office; Office of the Vice President of the United States; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES