Gwen Moore announces she has cancer during hearing on pre-existing conditions
Source: Roll Call
On a day when House Democrats returned to discussions about pre-existing health conditions, Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., announced Tuesday she was diagnosed with small cell lymphocytic lymphoma in the spring of 2018. She said the disease is now in remission.
“Right now I’m in great health with an excellent prognosis of living with this disease,” she said during the House Ways and Means Committee’s first hearing of the 116th Congress.
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“This is a cancer I will live with for the rest of my life, but, because of my high-quality health care and insurance coverage, it is not a cancer I will die from,” Moore said in a release.
Tuesday’s hearing on protections for patients with pre-existing conditions offers Democrats a chance to refocus on their 2018 winning campaign message and chart a path forward on how they may act on those issues.
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