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PCHETA House Support Letter 115th Congress

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March 24, 2017

RE: Support for the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA)

Dear Representatives Engel and Reed:

The undersigned organizations write to express our support for H.R. 1676, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA). This bipartisan legislation will make a difference in the lives of millions of patients living with serious or life threatening illness and their caregivers. Despite a high intensity of medical treatment, many seriously ill individuals still experience troubling symptoms, unmet psychological and personal care needs, fragmented care, poor communication with their healthcare providers, and enormous strains on their family caregivers. However, numerous studies have shown that adding palliative care can improve pain and symptom control, quality of life, and patient and
family satisfaction.

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