This spring has marked a turning point in Washington, D.C. as Congress focuses its attention on a sweeping reconciliation bill known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." The bill has delayed progress on the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations [...]
As we come together on the eve of Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we are excited to share that President and First Lady Biden have joined us again to bring much-needed attention to this disease by issuing a Presidential Proclamation designating [...]
Your participation in the Lung Cancer Voices Summit also impacts your local community. Sharing your story is an important way to help lawmakers and their staff to understand what it’s like to live with lung cancer—and why we need [...]
Author: Elridge D. Proctor, MPA, Senior Director, Government Affairs, GO2 for Lung Cancer Following my graduation from Bethune Cookman College (now Bethune University), a private historical black college founded by educator, humanitarian and civil [...]
Advocacy is any action that supports, defends or pleads on behalf of a cause or others. It’s a simple word but a powerful concept—knowing that your voice can drive change and save lives. Yet asking people to engage in [...]
Elizabeth and Sven de Jong discuss coming together with other advocates with a common purpose. After Elizabeth de Jong was diagnosed with stage IV ALK+ non-small cell lung cancer in September 2016, she and [...]
National advocacy organizations, including GO2 for Lung Cancer, have been advocating for legislative policies to increase and improve access to biomarker testing. Those efforts are increasing, especially at the state level, as legislatures take up biomarker testing bills. Educating [...]
Breaking news! Exciting News! Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in California v. Texas, a legal challenge that sought to strike down the law. This is a great victory for all patients with chronic [...]
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is working toward issuing proposed rulemaking to ban menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and ban all characterizing flavors (including menthol) in cigars to reduce disease and death [...]
Highlights Include a Special Lung Cancer Living Room on COVID-19 and 2 Networking Happy Hours Join us, March 23-24, for the Lung Cancer Voices Summit. There’s still time to register and participate in the educational and networking sessions [...]