Letters and Statements

Senators Mike Crapo, Michael Bennet, Tim Scott, and Ben Cardin introduced the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act (S. 2085) last week. This important legislation provides Medicare with the authority to cover the latest innovative cancer screening technologies once they have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. With these MCED tests, clinicians will be able to screen for dozens of types of cancers at once --- many of which currently have no early detection methods.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) is highly concerned about the ongoing shortages of platinum-based chemotherapy agents (e.g., cisplatin and carboplatin), two medications that (individually or in combination) treat and cure a wide range of cancers, including but not limited to gastric, pancreatic, colorectal, esophageal, cervical, and ovarian.

The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) is grateful that Congress is poised to address many of our year-end policy priorities in its proposed fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations package released this week.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision on Dobbs overturning its 1973 ruling on Roe v. Wade, the Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) has become increasingly concerned with the impact this decision may have on patients with cancer and their care teams.