Komen Urges Lawmakers to Support SSDI and Drug Parity for MBC

Anonymous

Just got this in my inbox because I have Google alerts set for the " metastatic breast cancer access to care act." (This bill would eliminate the 24 month waiting period for Medicare for SSDI recipients under 65 with MBC and other benefit waiting periods

Glad to see that Komen did some lobbying for it and for the Cancer Drug Parity Act, which would require insurance to cover oral chemo at the same level that IV chemo is currently covered. I did not even know a bill like this existed. Super happy to see it, especially in light of the recent approval of oral Taxol in the US.

From Komen's Facebook page:

Today, more than 150 advocates held virtual meetings with lawmakers and key staff members across the country, urging them to:

1. Support the Cancer Drug Parity Act
2. Co-Sponsor the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
3. Protect access to breast cancer screening and diagnostic services by maintaining funding the National Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
4. Ensure coverage for diagnostic exams through the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act

Link to video with further information:

https://blog.komen.org/blog/susan-g-komen-advocates-take-important-messages-to-capitol-hill/

Now might be a good time to contact our lawmakers and make our voices heard as constituents.

Georgia1

Thanks for sharing this. Congress of course seems unable to accomplish much of anything, but the end of their two-year session is when a lot gets done very quickly. So yep, it's a good time to email your representatives and ask them to cosponsor these important pieces of legislation.