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Sacramento , Calif. – Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the state budget on June 29, allowing for Medi-Cal implementation of Senate Bill 496. Starting July 1st, Medi-Cal and other state-regulated health insurance plans will cover comprehensive  biomarker testing ... Testing for specific biomarkers – such as gene mutations – found in blood, tissues or other biospecimens provides crucial information that can help determine the most effective treatment for a particular patient, including precision medicine and targeted therapies. “Nearly 60% of all cancer drugs approved in the last five years require or recommend biomarker testing before use. Improving coverage for biomarker testing ...

Statement of Daniel E. Smith, president, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- February 17, 2009 -- “Cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones are eagerly awaiting President Obama’s ... programs will go a long way toward preserving health care coverage for more than 50 million needy Americans.  A provision that defrays the cost of COBRA insurance with a 60% subsidy from the federal government for nine months will help individuals maintain affordable coverage at a time ...

... Assembly approved legislation that seeks to remove financial barriers to lifesaving cancer screening. A-3523 passed the full Assembly by a vote of 78-0, edging New Jersey closer to requiring health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminating cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies. In 2022, an estimated 4,260 New Jerseyans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and, by year’s end, New Jersey residents can expect to lose 1,380 neighbors to the preventable disease. This legislation was erected to address colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality ...

Consumers need access to health insurance policies that cover a full range of evidence-based health care services – including prevention and primary care – necessary to maintain health, avoid disease, overcome acute ... Important to Cancer Patients? Individuals with cancer and cancer survivors have unique health care needs and require access to a wide range of products and services, including oncology services, chemotherapy, radiation, prescription drugs and hospital services.  Consumers who enroll in ... Providing coverage of essential health benefits like preventive services such as cancer screenings helps to prevent some forms of cancer and can help detect other cancers at an earlier stage when the individual has a higher likelihood of more treatment options and a better overall health ...