Cancer Survivorship Care & Coverage

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2025-12-11 — Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act: cross-connection with medicare: S3442 would fast-track Medicare eligibility for metastatic breast cancer patients, tying disease-specific survivorship needs directly to Medicare access timing. (novelty: 3)
2025-06-24 — Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2025: cross-connection with cancer-drug-parity-act: Oral/IV chemotherapy cost-sharing parity affects out-of-pocket burden for active cancer treatment, which flows into survivorship-phase affordability and adherence. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-21 — Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026: 2026 — Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026 (S5052, introduced): Senate companion to HR8839 referred to the Senate Finance Committee, advancing comprehensive cancer survivorship policy in the 119th Congress. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-14 — Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026: HR8839, the Lainie Jones Comprehensive Cancer Survivorship Act of 2026, was introduced to establish comprehensive federal policy on cancer survivorship care, coverage, and related support services; referred to committee. (novelty: 3)