HR 842 · in committee · significant
Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Starting in 2028, Medicare will cover FDA-approved multi-cancer screening tests that detect multiple cancer types at once.
- Medicare beneficiaries under age 68 (increasing by one year annually) are eligible for this screening benefit.
- Beneficiaries can receive one screening test every 11 months, subject to CMS approval of the test's medical necessity.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might covering multi-cancer screening tests affect Medicare's costs, and what evidence supports that early detection of multiple cancers will reduce overall healthcare spending?
- 02
Which Medicare beneficiaries would benefit most from this coverage, and could the age restrictions create disparities in access to early cancer detection?
- 03
What role would CMS play in determining which multi-cancer tests are medically necessary, and how might that approval process affect which tests become available to patients?
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Sponsor · R-TX-19
Jodey C. Arrington
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
338/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-10-03
Joining the bill
Richard Hudson
R-NC-9 · original
Terri A. Sewell
D-AL-7 · original
Raul Ruiz
D-CA-25 · original
Robin L. Kelly
D-IL-2 · original
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
R-IA-1 · original
Dan Crenshaw
R-TX-2
Sylvester Turner
D-TX-18
Mike Carey
R-OH-15
Morgan McGarvey
D-KY-3
Jared Moskowitz
D-FL-23
August Pfluger
R-TX-11
Carol D. Miller
R-WV-1
+ 326 more
Legislative timeline
2025-10-03 · house · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.
2025-10-03 · Committee
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.
2025-09-17 · house · Committee
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
2025-09-17 · house · Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
2025-01-31 · 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.
2025-01-31 · 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.
2025-01-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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