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Jack Reed Deserves Thanks for Defending Rhode Island State Patients' Rights Laws 3/30/2006 1:06:00 PM To: State Desk Contact: Jerry Flanagan, 310-392-0522 ext.

319, or David Fink, 310-392-0522 ext.

320, both of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 30 /U.S.

Newswire/ - The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) said Rhode Island Sen.

Jack Reed (D) deserves thanks from patients for defending Rhode Island patient protection laws by voting against an over-reaching bill to dismantle state oversight of health insurance that passed out of the U.S.

Senate health committee on March 15.

The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights said Rhode Island patients could contact Reed and thank him for his votes at http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/.

The bill could be voted on by the full Senate as early as this week.

The legislation, S.

1955 (Enzi, R-Wyo.), would gut state Patient Bill of Rights laws established in 41 states and remove local state oversight to replace them with weaker or non-existent "harmonized" federal standards.

State rules at risk include Rhode Island laws requiring health insurance plans to provide cervical, prostate and breast cancer screenings and guaranteeing an independent review if an insurer denies coverage.

For an analysis of the Rhode Island patient protection laws likely to be over...

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87 new cases of cancerin Flanders every day 30 March 2006 BRUSSELS — In 2001, some 31,852 Flemish people found out they had cancer, equal to 87 new cases each day, new figures revealed on Thursday.

At that time, patients with pancreatic, lung, liver and oesophageal cancer had the least chance of survival.

The figures were released by the Flemish Cancer Registration Network and represent the most recent cancer figures, dating back to 2000-01.

It was also the first time that survival rates were published, newspaper 'Het Nieuwsblad' reported.

In 2001, there were 5,000 more new diagnoses of cancer recorded than in 1997.

"But this is not a real worsening.

People must take into account the improved registration methods, the aging population and the influence of prostate and breast ca...