“This is a cancer I will live with for the rest of my life, but, because of my high-quality health care and insurance coverage, it is not a cancer I will die from,” Moore said in a release.

Tuesday’s hearing on protections for patients with pre-existing conditions offers Democrats a chance to refocus on their 2018 winning campaign message and chart a path forward on how they may act on those issues.

“If there was an issue that helped launch our majority status, it was pre-existing conditions,” Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., said last week.

Moore’s announcement put an exclamation point on the topic.

“Ways and Means Republicans have voted to defund, undercut, and undermine our country’s health care system. They have made it clear as day that they care more about the cost of the ACA than the value of human life,” Moore said. “I am announcing my remission today to remind everyone on this committee that I am a living example of the lifesaving value of essential health benefits. For my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren that is a cost worth paying.”