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Proc 10152ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10152

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, 2021

President Biden proclaims March 2021 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, urging Americans to pursue screenings and preventive care disrupted by COVID-19. The proclamation highlights racial disparities in colorectal cancer outcomes, promotes existing ACA screening coverage and a special Health Insurance Marketplace enrollment period through May 15, 2021, and references the Cancer Moonshot Initiative and ACCSIS program.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 12519

Impact dates

  1. Special Enrollment Period for Health Insurance Marketplace ends

Key directives

  • proclaim March 2021 as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
  • encourage citizens, government agencies, private businesses, non-profit organizations, and other groups to join awareness and prevention activities
  • urge Americans not to delay recommended screenings, doctor's visits, and treatments

Timeline

Immediate

  • March 2021 designated National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Near term (90d)

  • Special Enrollment Period for Health Insurance Marketplace through May 15, 2021

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • COVID-19 pandemic disrupted routine screenings, creating backlog; proclamation urges resumption but provides no enforcement mechanism
  • references to ACA coverage and existing programs (Cancer Moonshot, ACCSIS) are descriptive rather than directive
  • disparities highlighted (Black Americans, communities of color, rural Americans) but no new targeted interventions mandated
Proclamation 10152: National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, 2021 · Executive Orders