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Constituents press McCormick on drug costs, NIH funding and pediatric cancer; doctor asks for FTD research support
Summary
Residents at a Roswell town hall urged Rep. Rich McCormick to protect NIH funding, pediatric cancer research and coverage for prescription drugs; a constituent with frontotemporal dementia requested a registry and an awareness week.
Several Roswell residents urged Rep. Rich McCormick to oppose cuts to health‑care programs and to protect NIH and targeted pediatric research funding. One questioner described personal financial strain from prescription costs for multiple cancers; another, identified herself as living with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), asked McCormick to oppose caps on indirect NIH costs, support a registry for FTD and back a national awareness week.
McCormick emphasized the…
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