Inclusion of $5 Billion for Biomedical Research in Economic Stimulus Package Urged
Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) urged leadership of the United States Senate to include funding for biomedical research in an economic stimulus package currently under consideration. In letters hand carried to Capitol Hill, LCA Board Chairman Rear Admiral Phil Coady, USN (Ret.) and LCA President & CEO Laurie Fenton Ambrose pointed out that every family in America is paying an increasing proportion of income on health care costs — a de facto tax increase that is falling disproportionately on low and middle income families.
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