Lung Cancer Alliance Calls On the 111th Congress to Help Us Make Progress Against the Nation's Leading Cancer Killer By:

*  Enacting and fully funding the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009 (S.332, HR.2112).  Click here to read more.   Click here to see a list of organizations supporting the LCMRA.

Click here to view a summary of the bill. 

Click here to send a letter to Congress and President Obama in support of the LCMRA.

*  Comprehensive Health Care Reform.  Click here to read more.

*  Increasing federal funding for lung cancer research within the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. Click here to read more.

*  Increasing federal funding for the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute.  Click here to read more.

*  Enacting the Kennedy-Hutchison 21st Century Cancer ALERT Act with strong language focused on finding answers for high-mortality cancers like lung.  Click here to read more.

Lung Cancer Alliance also endorses the following legislation:

S.1147: Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act, "PACT Act":  The PACT Act will help make it harder for children to purchase tobacco products over the Internet and stop the illegal sale of tax-evading tobacco products.  Click here to read more.

S.982, HR.1256: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.  Click here to read more.

HR.1927: Assuring and Improving Cancer Treatment Education and Cancer Symptom Management Act of 2009 - A bill to amend title XVII of the Social Security Act to provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education under the Medicare Program and to provide for research to improve cancer symptom management: This bill would provide Medicare coverage to physician practices for a one-hour, one-on-one session for patients (and their caregivers) with a registered nurse to learn about all aspects of their treatment, including possible side effects, symptoms, and how to manage them - and when to reach out to their health care providers.

HR.716/S.488: Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2009: A bill that would prohibit group health insurance plans from denying an eligible patient participation in clinical trials, overseen by the Food and Drug Administration, related to the treatment of his or her cancer. The bill would insure that Medicare covers the cost of clinical trials for those enrolled in the Medicare program.