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How the New Inflation Reduction Act Affects the Cost of Brain Tumor Treatment On August 16, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, a sweeping set of policies that includes new provisions aimed at reducing the cost of health care for persons covered under the Medicare program.   The policies that will impact patients with brain tumors include: Capping patients’ out-of-pocket costs for drugs under Medicare […] October 4, 2022

Build Me Up: Glioblastoma Caregiver Gets National Platform (Q&A) Corie Yutkin is a member of the NBTS Board of Directors, a long-time advocate, and a dedicated supporter of our vision to conquer and cure brain tumors – once and for all. Corie became involved with NBTS following her husband, Michael’s, glioblastoma diagnosis. Corie and Michael began participating in the Orange County Brain Tumor Walk […] August 25, 2020

Sights & Sounds: Glioblastoma Awareness Day (#GBMDay) 2020 Perhaps Dr. Ned Sharpless, Director of the National Cancer Institute, summed up Glioblastoma (GBM) Awareness Day 2020 best when he said during NBTS’s Defeating GBM: A Virtual Town Hall event, “Events like this are really important to re-energize the community so we can join together and make progress in a disease that where progress has been […] July 23, 2020

Reflections on the Two-Year Anniversary of The Childhood Cancer STAR Act Two years ago, I stood in the Oval Office and watched as the Childhood Cancer STAR Act was signed into law. Observing this historic moment, I thought of the thousands of advocates, organizations, and children who worked tirelessly to support this legislation. From the first roundtable with the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, Coalition Against Childhood […] June 5, 2020

[RECAP] Brain Tumor Awareness Month 2020 Brain Tumor Awareness Month 2020 was bound to be a little different. The unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 public health crisis upended daily life for all Americans, including the brain tumor community, where the impact cut many ways.  However, what we saw these past 31 days has been remarkable (if not completely unexpected). Despite many […] May 31, 2020