I do have a bill in to increase that reimbursement rate for radiologists.
I do not know how to respond to that. It would still seem to me, again as a layman, that the earlier you can detect a ca...
We want to know odds-on what is the best thing to do.
I am wondering, though, if I will get comments on the floor that maybe this is not necessary.
Well, if it is detected mammographically, and fewer than 50 percent metasticize, that is because something has been done...
Well, again, we're trying to clear this up and trying to get a definitive answer to women out there.
I thought the answer to that was, all other things being equal, yes, it makes a difference.
we could afford it, and that is part of what Senator Harkin and I have done.
It is very difficult to make up your mind when you are faced with a life-threatening illness.
Every single person I talked to yesterday in my State of Iowa answered yes.
They believe mammograms are a very useful tool.
Every 3 minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in this country.
We made a commitment 5 years ago as a Congress, the Senate and the House, that we were going to double funding for NIH.
the President to impose tariffs to allow the steel industry to revitalize itself.
Had they had early intervention and early screening, I daresay they would have lived a lot longer.
we can afford that.
This is an epidemic by any yardstick or measurement.
Breast cancer is a disease I take very seriously. I lost my only two sisters to this killer.