Coming up on the February episode of the CANdid Connection:

• Andrew reviews two recent events happening in Lansing that could have a major impact on our issues moving forward.
  • The Governor provides her State of the State address
  • The Governor sends her budget recommendation to the legislature.
• We review activities around ACS CAN Michigan major issues:
  • Oral Chemo Fairness
  • Funding for tobacco and cancer prevention.
• The CEO of ACS and ACS CAN along with ACS CAN's president make their way to Washington DC to restart the Cancer Moonshot.
• In our Karmanos / McLaren Moment, we welcome Kristian Wilks a genetic counselor and we chat about the importance of screenings and how genetics plays a role in that.
• We also welcome State Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. The Senate minority vice chair for the Appropriations committee, we chat with him just before the Governor's budget is presented and we get his take on what's to come.

All that and more coming up on the CANdid Connection

Show link:

Karmanos Cancer Institute Homepage: http://www.karmanos.org

ACS CAN Michigan Homepage: http://www.figthcancer.org/MI

Michigan State Budget Office: https://www.michigan.gov/budget

State of the State Address: https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_91277---,00.html