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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vermont 2025 Legislative Priorities

... efforts that provide affordable, adequate access to health insurance including Medicaid; insurance coverage of needed services like biomarker testing; evidence-based prevention policies including tobacco prevention policies; ensure adequate funding for lifesaving cancer screening ... products and to help support those who are trying to quit. These fact-based priorities include: 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 ...

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 ...

Audrey Miller Garcia to Lead ACS CAN Washington Government Relations

... affairs in 2015) and of Oak Harbor High School on Whidbey Island. Miller García has been pivotal in the push to expand equitable access to biomarker testing in the past two sessions of the Washington Legislature and plans to continue that work now and into 2025. Beyond its game-changing contributions to cancer care, biomarker testing is important in the treatment of arthritis, other autoimmune conditions and rare diseases, with ongoing research happening in ...

2024 North Carolina Cancer Action Day Resource Page

... and confident going into the event. This year we are supporting cancer patients by asking our lawmakers to support expanding access to biomarker testing in North Carolina. Photo of NC General Assembly Legislative Building Date:   Wednesday, May 1st Time:   7:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST Location: ... Required for all attendees to either attend live or view the recording Presentation/Slides Pre-event Training Recording Video explaining biomarker testing   Volunteer Packet Volunteer Talking Points NC Biomaker Factsheet Health Equity and Biomarker Testing National Biomarker ...

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