MCED Legislation as Passed the House
On Thursday, January 23, 2026, the House passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, which included the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act.
ACS CAN Policy Brief: Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tests
August 26, 2024
Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tests (MCEDs) are simple blood tests that can screen for many types of cancer at once. Congress must seize the opportunity to ensure these cutting-edge tests can be covered under Medicare once they are FDA-approved and proven to have clinical benefit. Doing so has the potential to save lives and revolutionize the way we detect cancer.