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Legislative Action Needed to Reduce the Burden of Cancer on Kentuckians
... Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize legislation that will improve access to care for cancer patients by expanding coverage for biomarker testing. “ACS CAN calls on the legislature to increase access to biomarker testing, an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments by ensuring state regulated health insurance, including Medicaid, ...
Legislative Action Needed to Reduce the Burden of Cancer on Kentuckians
... Network (ACS CAN) urges legislators to prioritize legislation that will improve access to care for cancer patients by expanding coverage for biomarker testing. “ACS CAN calls on the legislature to increase access to biomarker testing, an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments by ensuring state regulated health insurance, including Medicaid, ...
Legislative Action Needed to Reduce Burden of Cancer on Iowans
... in the U.S. and is the only state with an increasing rate of cancer. “ACS CAN calls on the legislature to improve coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing, a game changer in the fight against cancer. Progress in improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a person’s own genes or proteins to better diagnose and treat diseases like cancer. Biomarker testing is an important step to accessing precision medicine which includes targeted therapies that can lead to improved survivorship and ...
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month 2023: New York Ranks Fourth in Cervical Cancer Deaths among States
... lost in 2017, New York would recover definitive gaps in access to early detection services for cervical cancer. 2. 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 ...
2026 South Dakota State Legislative Priorities
... Dakotans. Potential implementation with cause South Dakotans to lose coverage and certainly face diminished health outcomes and worse. 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 ...
Governor Signs Legislation to Increase Access to Precision Treatment for Cancer Patients
... IL – “Last week, Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation that will improve access to care for cancer patients by expanding coverage for biomarker testing. HB1779 will enable more patients to benefit from biomarker testing, an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments. Dubbed ‘the right treatment, to the right patient, at the right ...
Oregon 2025 State Priorities
... will be making the following fact-based policies a priority and ask for your support : Ensuring Access to Quality 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 ...
2026 Delaware Legislative Priorities
... quit. We will be making the following fact-based policies a priority and ask for your support: Cancer Prevention and Early Detection 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 ...
House Committee Passes Legislation Aimed at Improving Health Outcomes for Ohioans
... Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) COLUMBUS, OHIO – “Today, the House Insurance Committee passed legislation that would increase access to biomarker testing. This legislation will help address a significant barrier and bring the promise of precision medicine to more Ohioans, no matter their income or where they live. Biomarker testing opens the door to targeted therapies, which can provide many benefits to patients, including better outcomes, improved quality of ...
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Priorities for 2023 Legislative Session
... state lawmakers to work across the aisle to pass a bill that is expected to revolutionize cancer treatment for Floridians by expanding access to biomarker testing. Progress in the fight against cancer has been in part due to advances in biomarker testing, which allows physicians to match patients with the most effective treatment for their specific cancer. Unfortunately, not all ...
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