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Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the coinsurance requirement for certain colorectal cancer screening tests furnished under the Medicare program.
Summary
This bill amends the Medicare program to eliminate the coinsurance requirement for certain colorectal cancer screening tests. Currently, Medicare covers these screening tests with cost-sharing through 2025, but this bill would provide 100 percent coverage with no coinsurance requirement beginning in 2026 and continuing indefinitely. The change removes the previous expiration date on this benefit, making the full coverage permanent rather than temporary. Medicare beneficiaries would no longer have to pay out-of-pocket costs for these colorectal cancer screening tests starting in 2026.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Cory A. Booker’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $92,425
- PRIME HEALTHCARE $19,800
- APOLLO $15,800
- LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP $15,700
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY $14,100
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Cory A. Booker → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Sep 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. · senate
- Sep 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 30, 2025
Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the coinsurance requirement for certain colorectal cancer screening tests furnished under the Medicare program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act”.
SEC. 2. ELIMINATING THE COINSURANCE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING TESTS FURNISHED UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
Section 1833(dd) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(dd)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “and before January 1, 2030,”; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking “through 2026” and inserting “through 2025”; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:
“(C) for 2026 and each subsequent year, 100 percent.”. <all>
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