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- INTRODUCTION OF BREAST CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER DETECTION BILLS
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- (Mrs. VUCANOVICH asked and was given permission to address the House
- for 1 minute.)
- Mrs. VUCANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, what do 46,000 women and 240 men have
- in common this year? No, not an interest in the O.J. Simpson trial.
- These people are all expected to die from breast cancer in 1995. I have
- again introduced legislation to help lower income women by requiring
- State Medicaid plans to provide coverage of screening mammography.
- I have also introduced legislation to provide annual mammography
- coverage for Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older. Current law
- permits coverage only every other year for this age group.
- Coverage of early detection techniques should be provided for men as
- well. In 1995, an estimated 40,400 prostate cancer deaths are expected.
- That is why I have introduced bills to provide for Medicaid coverage
- and Medicare coverage, respectively, for prostate cancer screening
- tests--1995 is neither the year of the woman, nor the year of the man.
- It is the year when our citizens get what they asked for--that is,
- peace of mind and good health. I urge all of my colleagues to cosponsor
- these lifesaving bills.
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