Comments on: Senate Passes Health Care Reform; Congress on Track to Send President a Final Bill in January http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/policy_news/2009/12/senate_passes_health_care_reform_congress_on_track_to_send_president_a_final_bill_in_january We envision victory over colorectal cancer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kate Murphy http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/policy_news/2009/12/senate_passes_health_care_reform_congress_on_track_to_send_president_a_final_bill_in_january/comment-page-1#comment-2624 Kate Murphy Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:39:59 +0000 http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/?p=6970#comment-2624 One of the most painful, most difficult stories I hear when someone is diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer is that they have no health insurance and no way of paying for treatment. We've made strides in the past few years in preventing early cancer from coming back, increasing the time that people live after advanced colorectal cancer, and curing advanced cancer that has spread with surgery. But these advances in treatment -- that save lives -- are not easily available to someone without health insurance. Often they are completely out of reach. So, I applaud the action of the Senate yesterday, and I look forward to the House and Senate coming to an agreement that will mean no one will go without treatment for colorectal cancer because they cannot afford it. One of the most painful, most difficult stories I hear when someone is diagnosed with colon or rectal cancer is that they have no health insurance and no way of paying for treatment.

We’ve made strides in the past few years in preventing early cancer from coming back, increasing the time that people live after advanced colorectal cancer, and curing advanced cancer that has spread with surgery.

But these advances in treatment — that save lives — are not easily available to someone without health insurance. Often they are completely out of reach.

So, I applaud the action of the Senate yesterday, and I look forward to the House and Senate coming to an agreement that will mean no one will go without treatment for colorectal cancer because they cannot afford it.

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