This is important work being done by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.

Dear Cheryl,

We need your help today. Tell your member of Congress that cancer care planning can’t wait.

At a recent seminar co-sponsored by NCCS and the American Enterprise Institute, we asked cancer care experts how we can put the patient first in reforming the cancer care system. The answer? By focusing on cancer care planning as the trigger for better care.

While we hope for the cure, we must focus on the care. For more than 10 years we’ve been working towards creating a cancer care planning service in the Medicare program and improving cancer care quality for Medicare beneficiaries. Let’s put the patient first by guaranteeing a cancer care planning service that:

• triggers a treatment decision-makingprocess between the patient and doctors,
• ensures good management of cancer-related symptoms, and
• facilitates the coordination of all of the complex elements of cancer care.

The Planning Actively for Cancer Treatment(PACT) Act (H.R. 2477) is pushing us closer to that goal, and we need your support.

Join us in working to improve the cancer care system.  Contact your U.S. Representative with a clear message:

CO-SPONSOR THE PACT ACT.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Shelley Fuld Nasso