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Von Eschenbach's challenge.(The War on Cancer)
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Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine
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June 1, 2006
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The Bush Administration has announced its intention of cutting a program that provides free breast and cervical cancer screening for low-income, working women. The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its mandate is to provide screening and other preventive heath services to low-income women who are underinsured or who lack health insurance entirely.
As New York Times columnist Bob Herbert puts it:
A sensible policy position for the Bush administration would be to
expand funding for the program so that it reached everyone who was
eligible. In terms of overall federal ...
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