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HR 6178 · in committee · significant

Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act

What this bill does

  • Requires Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance to cover annual lung cancer screenings without prior authorization for eligible individuals.
  • Affects current and future patients eligible for lung cancer screening under federal preventive services guidelines.
  • Expands Medicaid tobacco cessation coverage to all individuals and requires HHS outreach and GAO reporting on screening demographics.

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  1. 01

    How would removing prior authorization requirements for lung cancer screenings affect wait times and costs for Medicare and Medicaid programs?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that expanding tobacco cessation coverage to all Medicaid individuals would reduce lung cancer rates compared to current targeted approaches?

  3. 03

    Who would bear the financial burden if private insurers must cover annual screenings without prior authorization, and how might this affect premium costs?

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Sponsor · D-FL-14

Kathy Castor

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Introduced 2025-11-20

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-11-20 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  2. 2025-11-20 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  3. 2025-11-20 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  4. 2025-11-20 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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