Presidential Document2023-19329
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, 2023
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Published
September 6, 2023
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August 31, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 6, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19329]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 6, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10613 of August 31, 2023
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
This year alone, more than 280,000 Americans will be
diagnosed with prostate cancer. During National
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, we honor the lives
ended too soon and all those we can still save by
redoubling our efforts to end cancer as we know it.
When someone is diagnosed with prostate cancer, every
second counts. But patients are too often left
advocating for basic care while drowning in a flood of
medical information. Even when treatment is available,
some struggle to afford it or insurance may not cover
it. And stark inequities exist: Black men are more than
twice as likely to die from prostate cancer in this
country than other men.
Our Nation must do more to change that. Last year, the
First Lady and I reignited the Cancer Moonshot, setting
an ambitious new goal to cut America's cancer death
rate by at least half over the next 25 years, turning
more cancers from death sentences into treatable
diseases and improving support for patients and
families. I worked with the Congress to establish the
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, securing
$2.5 billion in bipartisan funding to develop
breakthroughs in preventing, diagnosing, and treating
cancer and other deadly diseases and pioneering
partnerships to get those breakthroughs out to clinics
and patients. We are making lifesaving cancer care more
affordable for millions of Americans, expanding
coverage through Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act,
and helping many who had received relief during the
pandemic to keep saving $800 a year on insurance
premiums. The Inflation Reduction Act will soon cap
total out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors
on Medicare at $2,000 a year--including for expensive
cancer medicines--which could save some prostate cancer
patients up to $6,000 a year.
We are also working to make sure prevention, detection,
and treatment procedures are available to patients of
all communities and backgrounds. The National
Institutes of Health is continuing expansive research
into environmental and genetic factors to better
understand why prostate cancer disproportionately
affects Black men. In response to our Cancer Moonshot,
the Department of Veterans Affairs expanded its
National Precision Oncology Program to better tailor
treatments to individual veterans. And we know that
screening matters: Experts recommend that men with a
higher risk of cancer--based on race or ethnicity,
family history, or other factors--discuss it with their
doctors.
Everyone's journey with cancer is different, but the
First Lady and I know how hard it can be on the whole
family. To all those caring for loved ones with
prostate cancer and all those facing it themselves, we
stand with you. My Administration is working around the
clock on breakthroughs that can bring hope and more
choices to the fight against this disease.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 2023
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as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. I
encourage citizens, government agencies, private
businesses, nonprofit organizations, and other
interested groups to join in activities that will
increase awareness of what Americans can do to prevent
and cure prostate cancer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of August, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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