[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 38 (Thursday, March 30, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H1624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT ACT

  (Mrs. MYRICK asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I urge the leadership to schedule a vote on 
the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act on the suspension calendar 
before Mother's Day. This legislation is really vital to provide 
treatment for low-income, uninsured working women who are diagnosed 
with breast or cervical cancer. Giving States the option of providing 
Medicaid coverage for these women if they are screened by the CDC's 
early detection program and found to have cancer will help save 
thousands of lives.
  The program currently provides screening for the cancer, but it 
provides no treatment options, no funding for treatment options for 
these women. So they have no option to be cured of their cancer, which 
is a harsh reality. I am currently undergoing treatment for breast 
cancer, but I am very fortunate because I have insurance.
  The funding for this bill was included in the budget resolution that 
we passed in the House last week and so there really is no reason not 
to have it passed on the floor by Mother's Day.

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