Cancer Moonshot is a program the Biden Administration revived in 2022. It's poured hundreds of millions of dollars into cancer research. President-elect Donald Trump has not yet addressed the fate of the initiative.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2024/11/20/506551/whats-next-for-cancer-moonshot-leaders-gathered-in-houston-to-discuss/

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President Biden just announced $150M in research spending for his cancer moonshot.

To put that in perspective, a pro-Trump super PAC will spend $100M in the next few weeks trying to disparage Kamala.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/12/trump-super-pac-100-million-ad-00173644

And AIPAC spent $100M trying to unseat progressives critical of Israel's war on Gaza.
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/20/pro-israel-groups-gaza-us-elections

We need better priorities.

And better campaign funding rules.

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I'm sure many will be pleased by the idea of #Biden's #CancerMoonshot, but we have much more pressing issues to deal with immediately in our society, like the #ClimateCollapse that is upon us already, ensuring the protection of #WomensRights and #TransRights, and stopping #Genocide and the growth of #Fascism.

#Democrats have dragged their feet on all the most important and most #progressive issues until they are #LameDucks. #Harris will be no different. #TooLittleTooLate

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As Part of President Joe Biden's #UnityAgenda, Biden #CancerMoonshot Announces Launch of #ARPAH's #CUREIT Project Led by Emory University to Develop New Tools to Strengthen the Immune System and Save Lives https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/23/as-part-of-president-bidens-unity-agenda-biden-cancer-moonshot-announces-launch-of-arpa-hs-cureit-project-led-by-emory-university-to-develop-new-tools-to-strengthen-the-immune-syste/

Biden: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/23/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-cancer-moonshot-announcement-2/

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As a recently diagnosed patient with a Medicare Advantage plan, I fully agree with this. Even if we (USA) never get to Bernie-style zero point of service cost (which no country has), cancer care should be totally free to the patient.

I'm "lucky" that mine is "only" the so-called "low risk" active surveillance type of prostate cancer. But even within that, which I may insist on active treatment, each MRI or other scan costs me $250 USD. As do any outpatient procedures. Specialty visits are "only" $25. But this all adds up, and will get higher when I go to an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center next month for confirmatory diagnostics and possible treatments. Many patients have much higher #MedicalCosts, especially if they are diagnosed with #Cancer at a younger, pre-Medicare age.

President Biden's #CancerMoonshot program should be expanded, beyond research, to include covering all cancer treatment costs.

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Cancer patients shouldn’t be responsible for out-of-pocket costs https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/23/financial-toxicity-cancer-costs-cost-sharing/
>When patients with serious illnesses confront high deductibles, they make decisions that are detrimental to their health.