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Time for Mills to Bring Precision Medicine to all Mainers
... – Last week, The Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee voted to fund LD 1577 An Act to Require Health Insurance Coverage for Biomarker Testing. This legislation, which passed both House and Senate chambers earlier this month with broad bipartisan support, would increase access to biomarker testing for Mainers who need it, ensuring they can receive the right treatment at the right time for their disease. The following can ...
Legislature Votes to Remove Barriers to Precision Treatments
... sent Senate Bill 273 to the Governor’s desk for signing. This legislation will ensure that more insurance plans in the Hoosier state cover biomarker testing, a game changer in the fight against cancer and an essential step in accessing precision medicine treatments. “Biomarker testing has given me better, more effective treatment options, a better chance of surviving cancer and more time with my family,” said ...
Ohio is One Step Closer to Unlocking Precision Medicine
... advocacy organizations, medical associations, and health systems are asking members of the Ohio House Insurance Committee to support HB 608: biomarker testing legislation. This legislation would ensure more Ohioans’ can access game-changing testing which helps ensure patients get the right treatment at the right time by allowing doctors to precisely target a patient’s individual cancer. More information on the biomarker testing legislation and the current list of industry support can be found here. Ohio is One Step Closer to Unlocking Precision Medicine ...
Join us for our 2023 Day at the Capitol!
Join us on Tuesday, February 21 in Saint Paul for our Day at the Capitol event! We'll be advocating to remove barriers to biomarker testing for all Minnesotans. Biomarker testing is an essential part of precision medicine and helps ensure that patients get the treatment that will be best for them. Learn ...
Coverage Analysis of Tumor Biormarker Diagnostics
Biomarker testing is critical to successfully realizing personalized medicine, both through the selection of appropriate targeted therapies as well as by directing patients to relevant clinical trials. This report examines the private payer landscape of coverage for tumor biomarker tests in lung, breast and colorectal cancer. The report was compiled in 2018, and indications are that coverage has improved since ...
Help cancer patients get the right treatment at the right time!
Biomarker testing is the latest advanced in cancer research that is personal to the patient and their cancer, helping ensure patients get the right treatment at the right time. Biomarker testing allows doctors to precisely target a cancer, so patients may not have to undergo more generalized treatments like chemo and radiation that ...
Texas Cancer Action Week 2023
... for tobacco prevention and cessation programs at the Texas Department of State Health Services Advocating for improved coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Learn more about Biomarker Testing: www.fightcancer.org/TXBiomarkers Supporting legislation that provides cancer patients with insurance coverage for fertility ...
ACS CAN 2023 Massachusetts State 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 coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Not all communities are benefiting from the latest advancements in biomarker testing and precision medicine. Communities that ...
ACS CAN 2024 Massachusetts State 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 coverage of comprehensive biomarker testing. Not all communities are benefiting from the latest advancements in biomarker testing and precision medicine. Communities that ...
Advocates to Gather at General Assembly for Cancer Action Day
... be available for interviews. The volunteers with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) will talk with lawmakers about biomarker testing coverage, which is a routine test performed after a cancer diagnosis that allows physicians to match patients with the most effective ... to disparities. “It changed my life to be told I had cancer at only 23 years old,” said volunteer Ethan Davis , who benefited from biomarker testing and will be available for interviews. “I went from being a healthy young adult to having brain surgery days later. Biomarker ...
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