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Bipartisan team in Congress looks to expand insurance coverage for ovarian cancer screening

Slotkin is leading the bill and described her family’s experience with ovarian cancer and insurance as motivation for her work.

Bipartisan team in Congress looks to expand insurance coverage for ovarian cancer screening
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This article1 analysis · Sep 29, 2026
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Sep 29, 2026
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Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Katie Britt are leading a bipartisan bill to expand insurance coverage for genetic testing and increase education about gynecologic cancer risk. Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Don Bacon are also backing the legislation.

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Elissa Slotkin D · MI · SEN
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Katie Boyd Britt
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Senator leading the bill with Slotkin

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Don Bacon
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Donald Trump
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President criticized by Slotkin in a prior speech about healthcare

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Slotkin and Britt Introduce Ovarian Cancer Care Legislation

Slotkin and Britt are backing a bipartisan Senate bill to improve ovarian cancer prevention, testing and care. Center outlets present the bill as an effort to expand prevention, testing and care; an opinion column instead argues its insurance mandate would spread genetic-testing costs across policyholders.

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