Bush cuts cancer detection program for low-income women

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention operate a program in which low-income women receive breast and cervical cancer detection services. The women who utilize this program do not have health insurance, but do not qualify for Medicaid. Unfortunately, the program is not big enough to reach all of the women it should reach, and a priority should be to expand it.

But there is certainly another way to look at the problem, and that is the Bush way. By cutting $1.4 million from the program in his budget, he has seen to it that 4,000 fewer women will be able to get screenings.

Aside from the fact that this budget cut is just another little stab in the Bush war against women and low-income citizens, it is also counter-productive in that it significantly raises overall healthcare costs.