Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, October 19, 1993 TAG: 9310190041
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Short
He signed a proclamation declaring today National Mammography Day, then tied the administration's efforts to curb breast cancer with his sweeping health-care overhaul plan.
"When it comes to health-care research and delivery, women can no longer be treated as second-class citizens," he said.
With boxes of petitions forming a backdrop, Clinton said his administration will work with advocates during a December conference to develop a strategy to treat breast cancer patients and eventually find a cure.
"It is important that that plan be fitted into a larger commitment to the health care of Americans, to put women's health concerns - from research to the development and delivery of health care - on equal footing with [those of] men," Clinton said.
Appearing with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, the president said spending on breast cancer research under his budget will increase by 44 percent - from $208 million to almost $300 million - at the National Institutes of Health.
Under his health-care plan, women would be covered for breast exams every three years from ages 20 to 39, and every two years from ages 40 to 64. They would get mammograms every two years after age 50.
by CNB