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Washington 2024 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 ...
2024 Tennessee Legislative Priorities
... and adults earning less than 138% of the federal poverty level access to comprehensive, affordable health insurance coverage. • 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 ...
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 ...
Louisiana Elected Officials Increase Access to Care for Cancer Patients
... passed legislation that will improve access to care for cancer patients through co-pay accumulator legislation and the expansion of coverage for biomarker testing. “Many cancer patients have difficulty affording the cost of their prescription drugs. In a co-pay accumulator program, co-pay ... that all payments made by patients, directly or on their behalf, count toward their overall out-of-pocket maximum or deductible. “The biomarker testing legislation will enable more patients to benefit from biomarker testing, an essential step in accessing precision medicine ...
Wichita Falls Resident Ensures His Mother’s Legacy Fighting for Texans with Cancer Lives on
... back up and continued her fight.” Today, Franklin is among a group of Texans leading the charge for Texas lawmakers to ensure access to biomarker testing – which allows doctors to better understand an individual patient’s cancer and prescribe targeted therapies. Frankin credits biomarker testing and subsequent targeted treatment with granting him many more years with his mother; unfortunately, many Texans are unable to ...
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Send a thank you message to your Representative today! With their support, we can expand access to biomarker testing for all Pennsylvanians. 0 Say Thanks to Your Representative ...
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