The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) is a grassroots organization dedicated to ending breast cancer through action and advocacy.
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Many metastatic breast cancer patients have to wait 29 months for Medicare and SSDI benefits. On the @TheCancerLetter podcast, NBCC President Fran Visco asks: What is Congress waiting for? Pass the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act! piped.video/watch?v=Ta5QSRGC…
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With the elections weeks away, make a gift to support NBCC’s Breast Cancer Caucus. Your gift gives us the freedom to lobby, organize advocates & press Congress directly. We know how to do this work but we need the resources to do more of it. Give today! secure.qgiv.com/for/october-…
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Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access care. We wrote about the importance of helping breast cancer patients through policies and legislation. That's why we need to pass the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act. Read more: stopbreastcancer.org/in-the-…
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Tell Congress: What are you waiting for? Pass the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act now! nbcc.info/4yHUc24
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ICYMI: Watch our timely discussion about how advocates can engage candidates, elevate breast cancer priorities during the election season, and ensure these issues remain part of the public conversation as we get ready for Election Day. piped.video/watch?v=qrrsrTLA…
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"Women and men [with breast cancer], who qualify for care, are not getting it."
NBCC President Fran Visco joined @TheCancerLetter podcast to talk about why Congress must pass the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act. piped.video/watch?v=Ta5QSRGC…
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What would passing the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act mean for breast cancer patients and their communities? Health care providers share why the MBCACA matters to the people they serve. nbcc.info/4cYXxkM
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"This is not a scientific problem. It is a policy problem. And it is one we can change," write @NBCCStopBC's Frances M. Visco, JD and Michelle Tregear
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The financial burden of cancer care can have profound effects on patients and their families. Join our October 29 webinar with Dr. @fumikochino for a discussion of financial toxicity in breast cancer, who is most at risk, and what can be done to address it stopbreastcancer.org/events/…
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"Funding more scientific research... isn’t enough."
In @TheCancerLetter, NBCC's Fran Visco and @MichelleTregear call on the cancer research and clinical community to join our efforts to pass the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act. stopbreastcancer.org/in-the-…
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National Breast Cancer Coalition retweeted
.@NBCCStopBC's Fran Visco and Michelle Tregear: "Even after SSDI and Medicare eligibility has been established, individuals must wait a total of 29 months—meaning patients with a median survival of three years post-diagnosis must wait nearly two-and-a-half years for health coverage."
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National Breast Cancer Coalition retweeted
Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access care
This is a policy problem. And it is one we can change.
By @NBCCStopBC's Fran Visco and Michelle Treger
cancerletter.com/perspective…
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We know that passing the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act would improve the lives of individuals living with metastatic breast cancer, and we have the facts to back it up. Download the fact sheet to inform your advocacy: nbcc.info/4xISxII
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Access saves lives: Women living in Medicaid expansion states experienced lower overall mortality compared with women in non-expansion states. stopbreastcancer.org/what-we…
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Webinar recap: Watch our timely discussion about how advocates can engage candidates, elevate breast cancer priorities during the election season, and ensure these issues remain part of the public conversation as we get ready for Election Day. piped.video/watch?v=qrrsrTLA…
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HAPPENING SOON: Register for our September 18 webinar examining how breast cancer patients view the trade-off between faster access to cancer drugs vs stronger evidence. nbcc.info/4r2ddJJ
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This is our final opportunity to demand our lawmakers pass the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act before the end of the 119th Congress. People are dying waiting. Tell Congress: What are you waiting for? Pass the bill now! nbcc.info/4yHUc24
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In addition to registering to vote this #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, see if candidates have signed onto our public policy platform to end breast cancer and if not urge them to do so ahead of the elections! nbcc.info/4iRPPfZ
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Breast cancer is political, not partisan. This #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, NBCC is helping people get #VoteReady & find their voice to take action & effect change. Make sure you and your friends are registered and ready to vote in the upcoming elections nationalvoterregistrationday…
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HAAPPENING TOMORROW: The upcoming midterm elections will have important implications for breast cancer research, access to care and the policies that affect patients. Join our webinar to learn how advocates can engage candidates this election. stopbreastcancer.org/events/…
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