Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (S3442)
Current understanding
The Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (S3442) is an introduced bill that would eliminate both the 5-month SSDI cash-benefit waiting period and the 24-month Medicare waiting period for individuals diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. For affected workers, it would accelerate access to disability income and federal health coverage after diagnosis; for employers and benefits administrators, it could reduce reliance on employer-sponsored bridge coverage during the current waiting gap for this population. Status: introduced (evidence tier: null — area has no formal evidence model).
Evidence log
- 2025-12-11 — Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act: cross-connection with expedited-ssdi-terminally-ill: Both bills carve out narrow populations (metastatic breast cancer patients; terminally ill applicants) from the standard SSDI waiting period, illustrating a disease- or prognosis-specific alternative to broad waiting-period elimination. (novelty: 3)