Senators: Cosponsor PCHETA and improve the quality of life for cancer patients

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Dear [Decision Maker],

As a constituent and volunteer for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, I ask that you cosponsor the Palliative Care Hospice Education and Training Act (S. 693).

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There is tremendous bipartisan support for the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). This summer it passed the House unanimously, and currently has 33 bipartisan cosponsors in the Senate. This is the third consecutive Congress where this bill has signed on more than a hundred cosponsors.

PCHETA would expand pain and symptom management training for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and others who treat patients with serious illnesses that result in chronic or acute pain. Currently, there is inadequate training on pain management in medical and nursing schools. PCHETA would help students develop skills in assessing and managing pain, leading to more effective and evidence-based prescribing.

PCHETA also boosts the NIH dollars devoted to pain research. Currently, less than 1% of NIH funding is spent on pain. More research in this area could improve best practices for pain management. This bill could both improve quality of life for cancer patients while helping to address the opioid crisis.

I urge you to consider this important legislation to improve the quality of life of cancer patients and their families before the end of the year. Please cosponsor S. 693 today.

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