State of the Union 2022

Biden Urges Unity in Battle Against Cancer

Joe Biden
Getty Images File Photo: President Joe Biden gives remarks during a Cancer Moonshot initiative event in the East Room of the White House on February 02, 2022 in Washington, DC..

Biden said that his administration's goal is to cut the cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years.

Biden said wants to see more cancers turn from "death sentences into treatable diseases." Biden announced his administration is expanding eligibility to veterans suffering from nine respiratory cancers.

"I’m also calling on Congress: pass a law to make sure veterans devastated by toxic exposures in Iraq and Afghanistan finally get the benefits and comprehensive health care they deserve," Biden said. "Let’s end cancer as we know it."

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