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

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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers is introducing the Ovarian Cancer IMPACT Act to expand coverage for genetic testing among patients with hereditary risk factors. The proposal would also increase education and outreach about gynecologic cancer risks.

A group of lawmakers spanning both parties and chambers is introducing legislation that would require insurance plans to cover genetic testing for patients with hereditary risk factors and expand education and outreach about gynecologic cancer risk.  Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) are leading the bill, the Ovarian Cancer IMPACT Act, which was…