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| http://www.blunt.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ContentRecord_id=1598ccde-765f-4e25-8cb9-dc8c8043bfa6 | Senators Blunt & Brown Announce Breast Cancer Awareness & Education Bill Included in Omnibus | 2015-12-16 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Republican | House | MO | Roy Blunt | B000575 | www.blunt.senate.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON, DC U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) today announced that the Breast Cancer Patient Education Act they introduced earlier this year has been included in the omnibus appropriations bill. The measure, which is co-sponsored by Senators Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Deb Fischer (Neb.), and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), will help ensure breast cancer patients have access to information about their post-operative care options. Women who face a breast cancer diagnosis are too often left with more questions than answers about their recovery options, Blunt said. This year alone, an estimated 4,600 women in Missouri and 235,000 nationwide will be diagnosed with the disease. This bill will help them chart a course that best fits their needs after surgery. I am proud to see this measure advance, and will continue working to increase breast cancer awareness and education, and accelerate research efforts to find a cure for this disease. We should do all we can to ensure that women battling breast cancer have the opportunity and information to make the best decision before they begin treatment, said Brown. An overwhelming majority of women especially women of racial and ethnic minority groups are not informed of their breast cancer reconstructive options prior to surgery, even though by law any insurance plan that covers breast cancer treatment must also cover reconstruction or prosthetic care. This lack of information is preventing some women from accessing the care plan that is best for their individual needs. Including our bill in the omnibus spending package will help improve education around the availability and coverage of different options so that all women battling breast cancer have access to information about all of their care options including reconstruction prior to breast cancer surgery. The omnibus appropriations bill also includes more than $5.2 billion in funding for the National Cancer Institute, a five percent increase over last years funding level. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |