Cancer screening program under budget attack
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- February
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A coalition of community groups is lobbying Albany to maintain funding for New York’s free cancer screening program. Last year, the state allocated $29 million for the program, which provides low-income, uninsured New Yorkers with access to clinical breast exams, mammograms, pap tests, pelvic examinations, colorectal cancer screening, surgical consultation and diagnostic testing.
This year, Gov. David Paterson has proposed cutting the amount to $20.7 million.
The coalition includes the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the American Cancer Society. Community Health Care Association of New York State, Project Renewal, Family Planning Advocates and Planned Parenthood of New York City.
Members of the group testified before lawmakers in Albany earlier this month to pleade with them not to cut the program. They are urging residents to call the governor’s office to urge him to restore funding.
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