S 339 · in committee · major
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 coverage.
- Beneficiaries can receive one test every 11 months after CMS determines coverage is appropriate.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might covering multi-cancer screening tests affect Medicare's total spending, and what evidence supports that this early detection reduces overall cancer treatment costs?
- 02
Who would benefit most from access to these screening tests, and could the age-based eligibility create disparities among older Medicare beneficiaries?
- 03
What criteria should CMS use to decide which multi-cancer tests qualify for coverage, and how might this bill's approval timeline align with FDA's drug review process?
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Sponsor · R-ID
Mike Crapo
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
68/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-30
Joining the bill

Michael F. Bennet
D-CO · original

Tim Scott
R-SC · original

Ron Wyden
D-OR · original

James Lankford
R-OK

Mike Rounds
R-SD

Ted Budd
R-NC

Thom Tillis
R-NC

Amy Klobuchar
D-MN

Roger Marshall
R-KS

Jon Ossoff
D-GA

James E. Risch
R-ID

Jeff Merkley
D-OR
+ 56 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-30 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
2025-01-30 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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