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New Study Shows Cancer Rates Rising in Women; Advocates Urge Hawaii State Lawmakers to Support Cancer Fight in 2025
... patients, and caregivers are sharing this new data to help urge legislators to support a soon-to-be introduced bill to increase access to biomarker testing statewide. Biomarker testing is often used to help connect a patient with the right treatment at the right time. After a cancer diagnosis, testing can help ...
Cancer Patients and Survivors Rally at the Statehouse
... and death by improving access to care and reducing tobacco use. Advocates asked lawmakers to support legislation that would improve access to biomarker testing, a game changer in the fight against cancer and an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments by ensuring state-regulated health insurance, including Medicaid, covers appropriate biomarker testing for patients who could benefit. Dubbed ‘the right treatment at the right time,’ precision medicine has played a critical role ...
2023 North Carolina Policy Forum
... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will host the annual Policy Forum at the SAS Executive Briefing Center in Cary, NC. This year's focus will be biomarker testing and the critical role it plays in helping ensure patients receive the most effective treatment in a timely manner. Research, innovation, and public policy changes around biomarker testing have the potential to completely change the future of cancer care. Our event will bring together clinicians, advocates, and ...
2025 ACS CAN Ohio State Legislative Priorities
... 2025, ACS CAN will work with the Ohio state legislature in support of the following priorities : Ensuring Access to Quality Care Access to Biomarker Testing: ACS CAN will advocate for improved coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Biomarker testing is an important step to accessing precision medicine that can lead to improved survivorship and better quality ...
Legislation Passes that will Improve Health Outcomes in the Commonwealth
FRANKFORT, KY – Today, the General Assembly passed legislation that will increase access to biomarker testing, which can help determine the best treatment plan for a specific patient. Despite its benefits, private health insurance and Medicaid coverage of biomarker testing have not kept pace with the rate of innovation. This legislation, House Bill 180, fixes that barrier to access for many ...
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month 2023: Pennsylvania Ranks Fifth in Cervical Cancer Deaths among States
... doing so will ensure that Pennsylvania can, with each year, screen more residents and prevent disease progression. Expand access to biomarker testing for patients covered by state-regulated health plans, including Medicaid. Insight gained from biomarker testing can be used to help guide medical treatment in cervical and other cancers. Biomarker testing is often used to connect patients ...
Hawaii Survivors, Patients Urge Increased Access to Care During ‘Cancer Action Day’ at State Capitol
... Assembly was supporting HCR 35 and SCR 29 which, if adopted, would allow for an auditor study to assess health insurance coverage for biomarker testing for Hawaii residents. Currently, insurance coverage for biomarker testing is failing to keep pace with innovation and advancement in treatment. Progress in improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves ...
Register for Delaware Cancer Action Day
Help Expand Biomarker Testing in Delaware Tuesday, May 13, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 2:30 PM At Cancer Action Day, you will meet in with lawmakers and push for expanding insurance coverage for biomarker testing, so more patients can access the personalized, life-saving treatments they need. No advocacy experience? No worries. We'll start ...
2025 Delaware Legislative Priorities
... for Life program, the program that offers free screening tests for breast, cervical, colon, lung, and prostate cancer. Access to Care Access to Biomarker Testing : ACS CAN will advocate for improved coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Progress in improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a ...
Colorado Survivors, Patients Highlight Tobacco Prevention and Access to Care with State Lawmakers
... volunteer advocates also spoke with lawmakers about the importance of leveling the playing field when it comes to increasing access to biomarker testing. Biomarker testing is an important step to accessing precision medicine and targeted therapies, which can improve quality of life and ...
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