S. 339 · 119th Congress

Adds Medicare coverage of tests that screen for many types of cancer, starting in 2028

Name in Congress: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests.1

Never got a floor voteMedicare coverage of new tests and services

§1What it does

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Starting in 2028, this bill would allow Medicare to cover screening tests, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, that check for many types of cancer at once, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services decides coverage is appropriate.2,3 Coverage would be limited to one test every 11 months and to people below an age cap that starts at 68 in 2028 and rises by one year each year after that.2,3

§2Status

StatusLatest action, January 30, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.1
IntroducedJanuary 30, 2025
SponsorSen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Cosponsors68 cosponsors (35 Democratic, 32 Republican, 1 independent)
Official recordS. 339 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, January 30, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.1 How bills die without a vote.

2026 candidates who sponsored or cosponsored it (16)