The Department of Health and Human Services marked the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month by praising the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for providing women free services that help prevent breast cancer.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States.

With health reform, "it's a new day for women's health and the fight against breast cancer," HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement Monday.

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