NATIONAL GRANGE NEWS

The National Grange Issues Statement Supporting Bipartisan Year-End Health Care Agreement, Including Historic Policy to Help Close the Rural Health Gaps in Cancer.

“We are urgently calling on all lawmakers to vote yes on rural health.”

The National Grange today issued the following statement urging swift congressional passage of the bipartisan health care package, including important policies to help address the gaps in cancer care for rural communities.

“Cancer’s impact on rural Americans is immense and complex. Detecting cancer early poses unique challenges for these communities as screenings often require access to specialty health facilities which can be few and far between in rural America. Multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests will play an important role in reducing rural cancer disparities because they use simple blood tests to find more cancers earlier, ultimately leading to better outcomes,” said Christine E. Hamp, National Grange president. “For this reason, we have long advocated for the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (H.R. 2407) / the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (S. 2085) and could not be more thrilled to see Congressional champions, once again, leading the way in driving access to cancer detection. This bill represents an enormous step forward in closing the health gaps in cancer for rural Americans. We are proud to stand with leaders in Congress to help advance this bill into law, and we are urgently calling on all lawmakers to vote yes on rural health.”

Learn more about the Grange’s work reviewing the cancer health gaps for rural communities online HERE.