Prevent Cancer Foundation applauds bipartisan push for groundbreaking Medicare cancer screening bill
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA
Kyra Meister
703-836-1746
kyra.meister@preventcancer.org
Alexandria, Va. – The Prevent Cancer Foundation strongly supports the reintroduction of the bipartisan Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (H.R. 842)/Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (S. 339) in the 119th Congress. This pivotal legislation, set to transform cancer screening and detection, is championed by Representatives Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), Richard Hudson (R-N. C.), Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
“We have the opportunity to challenge the status quo in the early detection of cancer,” said Jody Hoyos, CEO of the Prevent Cancer Foundation. “By establishing a pathway for Medicare coverage of new transformational cancer detection tools, we move closer to a world where cancer is preventable, detectable and beatable for all. We are grateful to Reps. Arrington, Sewell, Hudson, Ruiz, Miller-Meeks and Kelly and Senators Crapo, Bennet and Scott for their leadership.”
Today, routine screening is available for only five types of cancer, which leaves the vast majority of cancers without available screening tests. Finding cancer early, before it has spread to other parts of the body, increases the likelihood treatment will be successful, lowers the cost of treatment and improves quality of life for patients and their caregivers.
The Foundation has proudly led more than 500 advocacy organizations to support this crucial legislation, reflecting widespread recognition of the urgent need for Medicare to adopt innovative cancer detection technologies. As the legislation advances, the Foundation remains dedicated to advocating for its passage and ensuring that the benefits of MCED testing reach those who need them most.
For more information on multi-cancer early detection, visit preventcancer.org/temprano.
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Acerca de la Fundación Prevent Cancer®
La Fundación para Prevenir el Cáncer® is the only U.S.-based nonprofit organization solely dedicated to cancer prevention and early detection. Through research, education, outreach and advocacy, we have helped countless people avoid a cancer diagnosis or detect their cancer early enough to be successfully treated. We are driven by a vision of a world where cancer is preventable, detectable and beatable for all.
La Fundación está avanzando para afrontar el desafío de reducir las muertes por cáncer en 40% para 2035. Para lograrlo, nos comprometemos a invertir $20 millones en tecnologías innovadoras para detectar el cáncer tempranamente y avanzar en la detección de múltiples cánceres, $10 millones para ampliar la detección del cáncer y la vacunación. acceso a comunidades médicamente desatendidas, y $10 millones para educar al público sobre las opciones de detección y vacunación.
Para mayor información por favor visite www.preventcancer.org.