We've strengthened Medicare to make prevention, screening and clinical trials more available and more affordable. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Senate voted to fund our proposal to provide health coverage to uninsured women with breast and cervical cancer. These efforts are paying off. Earlier this year, we learned for the first time that cancer deaths in the United States are no longer rising. We need to build on that progress by encouraging more early detection and treatment.
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cancer killer in America.
The good new is that caught soon enough, more than 90 percent of the cases can be cured. That's why, in 1998, Hillary helped to launch the first national campaign against colorectal cancer, much as we've been working for years to defeat breast cancer. Our family, like so many American families, knows all too well the terrible toll cancer can take, and we want to do everything we can to help others avoid that loss. Today, I'm announcing several new actions in the war against cancer. We need to address the chronic under use of these life saving tools, and this new investment will encourage physicians to make regular use of the most effective procedures.