What’s inside:

  • ADA Protections: not a sure thing, by Daniel Fiduccia and Barbara Hoffman, J.D.
  • Lawmakers seek to untable Medicare mess, by Theresa Laurhass and Terrence Campbell
  • Advocates boost proposal at Senate meeting, by Donna Doneski and Theresa Lauerhass
  • The new health insurance law: what it means to you, by Kimberly Calder, MPS
    • The Kennedy-Kassebaum act makes it easier for workers to protect their insurance coverage in a job hop.
  • Speaking up on talk radio, by Terrence Campbell
  • Choosing the right peer-support program, by Catherine Logan-Carrillo
    • Veteran survivor and advocate Catherine Logan-Carrillo offers practice advice on where to look at what to look for. An excerpt from the new NCCS Almanac.
  • Lymphedema: a nurse’s search for answers, by Sonja Tyler
  • Mothers and daughters, standing together against breast cancer
  • Confronting an awesome–and private–challenge
  • NCCS launches Cancer on Trial
    • A new NCCS publication looks at how the courts are handling cancer-discrimination cases.
  • Healing mind and spirit at the kitchen table, by Arthur W. Frank
    • Award-winning author Arthur Frank reviews Kitchen Table Wisdom, and physician-survivor.
  • Wendy Harpham heralds a video in talking to kids about cancer