But his larger point was that not all movement is readily visible. Sometimes you have to take a closer look. That has certainly been true of women's health in the United States. In the United States, our budget for women's health has grown by over 1 billion dollars in the last six years. Our breast cancer survival rate is over 90 percent when the disease is detected early.
Mammograms are free for low-income women.
We now have an office of women's health inside every major health agency. We have women's health centers in our major universities. And we have a network of advocacy organizations that support research and legislation important to women's health. I am very proud of the progress we have made. Nevertheless, I am reminded of the movie The Agony and the Ecstasy about the painting of the Sistine Chapel.