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Tom Harkin: “Providing crucial early detection and diagnostic screening services to uninsured women is a high priority for me. It is…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 1997
Providing crucial early detection and diagnostic screening services to uninsured women is a high priority for me. It is essential that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer through our efforts are not abandoned without hope of appropriate treatment. I know that our committee, with the chairman's support, will work hard to support CDC's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and strongly encourage the administration to develop recommendations to Congress to ensure broader access to followup treatment.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Advocating for early detection and treatment services for uninsured women with breast cancer.

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