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Find It Early Act

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Cynthia B. Smalls

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Introduced on May 5, 2023, in the House of Representatives is known as Bill H.R. 3086 Find It Early Act. It calls for women with dense breasts or those at a higher risk due to BRCA or family history of cancer to receive additional breast imaging at no additional costs after an initial mammogram.

 

This is huge because women of limited financial means or no health insurance can delay follow up care. Remember now 40% of Black women are dying from breast cancer more than our white counterparts! Until that number changes, I will continue to put it out into the community as a means to erase the stigma surrounding of early detection.

 

As of this writing on 01/24/2024 this bill has not passed the House or Senate which is necessary for the President signing it into law. If you want to take action visit FindItEarlyAct.org. for details on how to get involved.

 

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Welcome to Melanin & Pink Ribbons: A Blog for Black Women Fighting and Surviving Breast Cancer. It was born out of my personal journey as a patient not seeing very many images of women who looked like me fighting this disease. So, when I became a survivor, I did something about it. This is a space to learn and become empowered with information so we as a community can thrive into survivorship.

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