Presidential Document2024-22986
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2024
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October 3, 2024
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September 30, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 80363-80364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22986]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2024 /
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Proclamation 10822 of September 30, 2024
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Too many Americans know the pain of losing a mother,
sister, wife, daughter, or loved one to breast cancer.
During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we honor
the memories of all those we have lost to this
devastating disease. We give strength and support to
their families, to their caregivers, to survivors, and
to women still undergoing treatment. And we express our
gratitude to all the medical professionals and health
researchers working tirelessly to end cancer as we know
it.
Today, there are more than four million breast cancer
survivors in America--and this year alone, hundreds of
thousands more will be diagnosed. While scientists have
made significant breakthroughs to better prevent,
detect, and treat breast cancer, a diagnosis is
frightening and overwhelming. Patients and families are
often flooded with complex medical information and
forced to advocate for themselves to receive basic
care. Additionally, some patients are left saddled with
exorbitant medical bills while undergoing grueling
treatments.
For my family and Vice President Harris' family--along
with millions of families across the country--cancer is
personal. Ending cancer as we know it has been a top
priority for my Administration since day one. The First
Lady and I reignited the Cancer Moonshot to cut the
cancer death rate by at least 50 percent over the next
25 years and improve the experience of those diagnosed
with cancer and their loved ones. I also established
the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health,
securing $4 billion in bipartisan funding to help the
scientists, innovators, and public health professionals
who are working around the clock to improve the
prevention, detection, and treatment of cancers and
other deadly diseases.
My Administration has also worked hard to make cancer
treatment more affordable for patients. I strengthened
Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), expanding
health coverage to millions of Americans and saving
millions of families $800 per year on their health
insurance premiums. My Inflation Reduction Act will cap
total out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs at
$2,000 per year for seniors and other people on
Medicare--including expensive cancer medications, which
can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Moreover, to increase support for patients and their
families, we have ensured that people facing cancer can
access patient navigation services that are fully paid
for through Medicare, Medicaid, and private health
insurance. This personalized assistance helps lift the
burden of managing the complex medical journey alone
from millions of patients.
Furthermore, my Administration is committed to ensuring
women have access to screening and early detection
services, which are critical in catching breast cancer
early and saving lives. Toward that aim, we expanded
coverage under the ACA, which requires insurers to pay
for recommended cancer screenings--including
mammograms--for many more Americans. We expanded access
to free breast cancer screenings for any veteran
exposed to burn pits during their military service. And
we will continue to forge partnerships with community
health centers to help ensure underserved communities
have access to early detection and support services.
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For more information about breast cancer, go to
<a href="http://cancer.gov/types/breast">cancer.gov/types/breast</a> or call 1-800-422-6237 to speak
to information specialists at the National Cancer
Institute in English and in Spanish. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and
Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program also offers
breast cancer screenings or diagnostic services to low-
income individuals who are uninsured or otherwise
qualify for the program--go to <a href="http://cdc.gov/breast-cervical-cancer-screening/">cdc.gov/breast-cervical-cancer-screening/</a> to learn more.
This National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, let us
each recommit to doing our part to give more support,
hope, and care to patients, families, and survivors of
breast cancer. Let us rise above party and politics and
unite as Americans to help all of our loved ones
struggling with this terrible disease. And let us
strengthen our resolve together as a Nation to end
cancer as we know it--for all the lives we have lost
and all those we can still save.
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 October 2024
as National Breast 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 control breast cancer
and pay tribute to those who have lost their lives to
this disease.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.
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