Breast cancer treatment must be affordable

October was breast cancer awareness month, and I received well over 10 telephone calls asking for donations to cancer research. As I am a 16-year breast cancer survivor, I tell these callers that they are preaching to the choir.
But more important than money for research is money to help uninsured women pay for the cost of treatment. Not every woman is as fortunate as I was.

What good is it for a woman to be vigilant about mammograms and checkups if the result of this vigilance reveals breast cancer and she is unable to pay for treatment?