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Article: American Cancer Society Urges Administration and Congress to Provide Colorectal Cancer Screening Coverage
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- U.S. Newswire
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- October 7, 2000
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Cancer
Society, the nation's leading voluntary health organization, today
called on the Administration and Congress to address the cancer
burden by enacting legislation designed to provide coverage of early
cancer detection and screening. In his weekly radio address, the
President announced his support of legislation, advocated by the
American Cancer Society, to expand coverage for colorectal cancer
screening for Medicare beneficiaries.
"Cancer screening offers real potential to save countless lives.
We also know that cancer screening followed by prompt treatment
reduces social and economic costs for all Americans," said Harmon J.
Eyre, ...