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Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes.

Introduced Dec 11, 2025

Latest action (Dec 11, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Referred to
Finance Committee
Policy area
Social Welfare
Issues
Healthcare

Summary
  • Eliminates the waiting period for Social Security disability insurance benefits for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, making them immediately eligible upon application.
  • Waives the 24-month waiting period for Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, making them immediately eligible for coverage.
  • Applies the same expedited eligibility rules to metastatic breast cancer as currently apply to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
7 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Dec 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
  2. Dec 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 2048 — Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act · Introduced Mar 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 84%
  • S 3648 — Immediate Access for the Terminally Ill Act · Introduced Jan 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 4543 — Medicaid Breast Cancer Access to Treatment Act · Introduced Jul 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • S 3924 — We Can't Wait Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 25, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • S 3255 — SWIFT Act · Introduced Nov 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • S 1500 — Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act of 2025 · Introduced Apr 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 11, 2025

Mr. Murphy (for himself and Ms. Murkowski) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer, and for other purposes.

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 “Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act”.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER.

(a) In General.—Section 223(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter following subparagraph

(E), by inserting “or metastatic breast cancer” after “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis”; and

(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting “or (iii)” after “clause (ii)”.

(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to applications for disability insurance benefits filed after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF 24-MONTH WAITING PERIOD FOR MEDICARE COVERAGE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH METASTATIC BREAST CANCER.

(a) In General.—Section 226(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 426(h)) is amended by inserting “or metastatic breast cancer” after “amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)”.

(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to benefits for months beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>

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