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Great short piece on America Public Media’s Marketplace Morning Report on a story that hasn’t gotten the attention it should: How the new healthcare legislation broadens our national approach to diseases like cancer by placing an unprecedented amount of focus on prevention. Take a listen.
Understand: More and better prevention efforts are sorely needed and long overdue. But if there’s one thing our policy report made clear, it’s that government can’t do it alone. All levels of society – industry, schools, health professionals, the media, individuals – helped get us to where we are now, and must play a role in the kind of sweeping societal changes needed to make it easier for everyone to make healthy, cancer protective choices.
How are our policy report’s 49 recommendations addressed in the new legislation? What, exactly, remains to be done? It’ll take some time to tease out those answers.
In the meantime, count on the American Institute for Cancer Research for practical everyday advice that’s based on research your generosity makes possible — research that reveals how you can help protect yourself from cancer.
