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National Minority Quality Forum Applauds Bipartisan Senate Action on Multi-Cancer Early Detection
December 18, 2020 GMT
WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE) Dec 18, 2020
The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) today praised the introduction of The Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (S. 5051) by U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Michael Bennet (D-Colorado), Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) and Ben Cardin (D-Maryland). This legislation has the potential to significantly reduce cancer-related deaths by enabling access within the Medicare program to an innovative screening technology that can identify many cancers currently going undetected. Today, over 70 percent of cancer deaths are from variations of the disease for which no recommended screenings exist.