This week the U.S. House of Representatives is debating a bill that could drastically cut funding for lifesaving cancer research, prevention and early detection programs.ξ Drastic cuts to these programs would mean lives lost instead of lives saved. It would mean more suffering instead of less suffering.
Your U.S. Representative is under a lot of pressure to cut budgets and reduce the deficit. But this is not the way to do it.
The fight against cancer already claims too many American lives and costs too much. In 2010 alone, the overall cost of fighting cancer in the United States topped $263.8 billion. Cutting these programs will ensure that this amount increases, not decreases, in future years.ξ Join the thousands of cancer patients, survivors and their families who have already let their Representatives know that this is not the answer, fill out our petition today!
After months of delay and hard negotiations, Congress has finally passed a funding bill! The bill includes a small increase for cancer research and prevention programs.