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Gov. Hochul Signs Bill Aiming to Make Lung Cancer Screening More Affordable

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Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law on Thursday that aims to make lung cancer screening more affordable in New York State.

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New York Governor Josh Hoch signed a bill on April 4th requiring all state health insurance plans to provide full coverage for follow-up screening and diagnosis services for lung cancer, prohibiting insurance companies from charging patients any out-of-pocket fees, encouraging more high-risk individuals to get screened, improving early detection rates and cure rates for lung cancer. The bill will take effect on January 1, 2027, reducing the medi…

On Thursday, Governor Kathy Hochul enacted legislation that requires health insurance policies to cover follow-up or diagnostic services for lung cancer, and prohibits the imposition of costs shared by those tests. Taking into account that only 21.8% of adults at high risk of developing the disease have been tested in New York and, even more worryingly, about 70% of the diagnoses of lung cancer in the state are carried out at an advanced stage, …

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empirereportnewyork.com broke the news in on Thursday, December 4, 2025.
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