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• Statement from ASH President Janis L. Abkowitz, MD, on the Introduction of the Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives
• May 2, 2013
• The American Society of Hematology applauds the introduction of the Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Brian Higgins (D-NY) and Peter King (R-NY). This important legislation would require private health plans offering intravenous chemotherapy benefits to plan subscribers to provide parity for orally administered and self-injectable anticancer chemotherapy medications, greatly reducing the financial burden that patients with blood and other cancers currently face in order to take these life-saving therapies.

• Representatives Higgins & King To Introduce Cancer Oral Drug Parity Legislation; ASH Advocates for Patients to Have Equal Access to Treatment
• April 25, 2013
• On Friday, April 26, Representative Brian Higgins (D-NY) and Peter King (R-NY) will introduce the bi-partisan Cancer Drug Coverage Parity Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.

• April 2013 Advocacy Update
• April 18, 2013
• April 2013 Advocacy Update

• NHLBI Seeks Proposals for The National Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Natural History Study
• April 15, 2013
• The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) released two requests for proposals for the National Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Natural History Study under the following solicitations posted on FedBizOpps.

• President Releases FY 2014 Budget Proposal, Seeks Small Increase in Funding for NIH
• April 10, 2013
• President Obama has released the details of his fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget proposal.

• Congress Passes Legislation to Avert Government Shutdown and Restore Funding to NIH
• March 22, 2013

• Once again narrowly avoiding a shutdown of the federal government, on March 21 Congress passed a continuing resolution, or CR, to fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2013. Both the House and Senate approved the plan, which maintains sequestration, prior to the expiration of the current CR on March 27.

• Medicare Announces Mandatory Payment Reductions in the Fee-for-Service (FFS) Program For Claims Beginning April 1
• March 8, 2013
• Because the Congress was unable to reach an agreement on deficit reduction by March, by law automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as "sequestration" have been triggered.

• Sequestration Cuts Implemented; NIH Cut by $1.6 Billion
• March 7, 2013
• Because the Congress was unable to reach an agreement on how to reduce the deficit, last Friday, March 1, President Obama issued the order implementing the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as "sequestration."

• Congress Working on Legislation to Provide Permanent Medicare Physician Payment Solution
• February 14, 2013

• Members in the House of Representatives are developing multiple legislative proposals to repeal the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula used to calculate annual Medicare payment adjustments to physicians.

• Sequestration Delay May Mean Higher Cuts for NIH in FY 2013; Obama Urges a Short-term Fix to Prevent Spending Cuts
• February 6, 2013
• According to a memo released by newly appointed Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), the two-month delay in automatic across-the-board spending cuts ("sequestration") may not ease the hit on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal agencies even though it shrinks the percentage by which their budgets would be reduced.

• January 2013 Advocacy Update
• January 17, 2013
• January 2013 Advocacy Update

• Supreme Court Denies Appeal in Stem Cell Research Case; Obama Administration Policy Expanding Federally-Funded hESC Research Allowed to Stand
• January 7, 2013
• In a victory for all proponents of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research, the Supreme Court has denied certiorari in the case of Shirley v. Sebelius, the long-standing lawsuit challenging federally-funded embryonic stem cell research, allowing for an earlier ruling against opponents of hESC research to stand.

• Statement from American Society of Hematology President Janis L. Abkowitz, MD, on Congressional Agreement to Avoid the Fiscal Cliff
• January 2, 2013
• As the world’s largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders, many of ASH's more than 14,000 members heavily rely on funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct cutting-edge research that results in cures and better treatments for millions of patients with blood diseases and cancer around the world. Thanks to congressional action late New Year’s Day that delays the sequester for two months our members’ work to develop cures for some of America’s most deadly diseases will not be interrupted today. The Society is also pleased that Congress has prevented the scheduled 27 percent cut to physician payment.

• Congress Averts Sequestration, But Only Until March 1
• January 2, 2013
• Late January 1, the U.S. House of Representatives passed 257-167 the Senate-passed fiscal cliff deal (HR 8) to extend expiring tax cuts and delay automatic spending cuts that were set to take effect today.

• Negotiations Stalled to Avert Cuts to NIH; Take Action NOW to Protect Medical Research
• December 20, 2012
• With less than two weeks to go before across-the-board cuts (known as "sequestration") to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federally funded programs take effect, negotiations are at an impasse to reach a deal to avert the catastrophic funding cuts.

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