Background Materials
It is helpful to have background materials you can leave behind after a meeting with your legislator or congressional staff. The following documents explain the Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act (CCCIA) and provide evidence of the widespread support it has from cancer groups and major cancer centers.
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CCCIA One-Page Summary
This document provides a brieft overview of the Act in an easy to read format on one page.
Fact Sheet on Survivorship Care Planning
This Fact Sheet identifies the necessity for care planning for anyone diagnosed with cancer and outlines ways to address the need. The Institute of Medicine provides unbiased, evidence-based, and authoritative information and advice concerning health and science policy to policy-makers, professionals, leaders in every sector of society, and the public at large.
Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) Endorsement of CCCIA
The CLC, a group of 33 cancer advocacy organizations who gather regularly to discuss key cancer issues, endorses the Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act.
Cancer Centers Letters of Support
The Comprehensive Cancer Care Improvement Act has letters of support from many of the National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers.
Full Text of H.R. 1078
Read the full text of CCCIA.
House of Representatives Co-Sponsors of H.R. 1078
The number of co-sponsors for a bill demonstrates how much support that bill has - and consequently how likely it is to come up for consideration and a vote and ultimately get passed and signed into law. The more sponsors we can get, the better the chances of the bill passing.
