Clinton campaign reveals breast cancer policy initiatives

Today a representative from Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign hosted a conference call to unveil her new breast cancer policy initiatives, which include increased funding for both research and treatment options for low-income women.

Domestic Policy Director Catherine Brown said that Sen. Clinton will appear on the Ellen DeGeneres Show tonight to unveil her plan to find a cure for breast cancer in the near future. Clinton’s plan will include $300 million per year in increased funding for the National Institutes of Health’s breast cancer research, which currently receives $750 million annually. The ultimate goal is to double this number to $1.5 billion over the next 10 years. Brown said that Clinton has committed to reaching this number without increasing the national deficit or drawing funding away from other research, and plans to instead relocate money from companies that are shipping jobs overseas to breast cancer research.

Brown said Clinton’s plan focuses on linking breast cancer and environmental research to find correlations between the two that could lead to prevention measures. The plan also includes the continuation of the breast cancer research stamp and treatment measures that would eliminate Medicare co-payments for mammograms for low-income women.

The campaign declined to comment on questions regarding the resignation of Clinton’s chief strategist, Marc Penn, on the grounds that the call was dedicated to policy issues.