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Medicare Coverage and Legislation for Cancer Early Detection Advocacy

Enable Medicare to cover multi-cancer early detection liquid biopsy screening tests.

Organization Prevent Cancer Foundation

Cancer Type Pan-cancer

Geographic Scope National – US

Status Completed

Last Updated September 30, 2026

Organization Type Coalition/Multi-Stakeholder

Initiative Objective Policy

Roadmap Workstream Alignment WS1: Diagnostic Policy & Reimbursement

Key Activities

550+ organization coalition led by Prevent Cancer Foundation over 5 years supporting the Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection (MCED) Screening Coverage Act. Signed into law February 3, 2026 as part of bipartisan FY2026 spending package. Establishes Medicare coverage pathway for MCED tests. Creates adjacent liquid biopsy infrastructure for biomarker testing.

Dates

2021 –

2026

https://preventcancer.org/policy-advocacy/multi-cancer-early-detection/coverage…