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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 ...
2025 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 ...
The right treatment at the right time: Support LB 253
Biomarker testing looks at an individual patient’s cells (often from a biopsy or blood test) to identify mutations or other markers that help doctors ... a moment to contact your senator to support this important policy so that more patients can benefit from the latest advances in treatment and testing. 0 The right treatment at the right time: Support LB 253 ...
2025 Connecticut Legislative Priorities
... products. We 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 private Insurance coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Progress in improving cancer outcomes increasingly involves the use of precision medicine, which uses information about a ...
Washington 2025 Legislative Priorities
... control. We 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 ...
Illinois Elected Officials Increase Access to Care for Cancer Patients
... passed legislation that will improve access to care for cancer patients by making out-of-pocket costs more predictable and expand coverage for biomarker testing. HB1745 will make prescription drug expenses more predictable by requiring health insurance carriers to offer more health plans with flat ... to their local pharmacy and being shocked by their monthly prescription costs. Separately, HB1799 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 ...
Cancer Patients and Survivors Return to the Capitol to Rally Legislators
... with their elected officials. They let their lawmakers know they can and must do better to treat cancer. Volunteers asked the lawmakers to pass biomarker testing legislation, House Bill 180, that will enable more patients to benefit from biomarker testing, an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments. Dubbed ‘the right treatment at the right time,’ precision ...
Rep. White files legislation aimed at improving health outcomes for Ohioans
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Today, Rep. Andrea White introduced legislation that would increase access to biomarker testing, which can help determine the best treatment plan for a specific patient. Despite its benefits, access to biomarker testing has not kept pace with the rate of innovation due to several barriers, including lack of coverage by private health insurance and ...
2024 Florida Legislative Priorities & Session Outcomes
... American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) worked with the Florida Legislature in support of the following priorities: Access to Biomarker Testing - ACS CAN supports legislation that improves coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. During the 2024 Legislative Session, HB 885, related to biomarker testing, passed unanimously. The bill requires the state’s ...
New Hampshire 2024 Legislative Priorities
... and comprehensive health insurance including Medicaid and will support efforts to curb the availability of inadequate health plans. 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 ...
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