[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 [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22986]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 192 / Thursday, October 3, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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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 
                cancer.gov/types/breast 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 cdc.gov/breast-cervical-cancer-screening/ 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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