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| https://payne.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-payne-jr-s-colorectal-cancer-prevention-bill-passes-house | Rep. Payne, Jr.s Colorectal Cancer Prevention Bill Passes House | 2020-12-09 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Democrat | Senate | NJ | Donald Payne | P000604 | payne.house.gov | legacy | Media Contact: Patrick Wright -- Patrick.Wright@mail.house.gov Washington, D.C. Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.'s bill to decrease colorectal cancer deaths nationwide passed the House of Representatives today. The bill, the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act (H.R. 1570), would allow Medicare to cover colorectal cancer screenings and surgeries to remove cancerous growths during the screenings. Currently, Medicare covers the screenings only and patients must pay for any growth removals after the fact. Colorectal cancer is second only to lung cancer in U.S. cancer deaths every year. Yet, the survival rate from colorectal cancer is one of the highest for all forms of cancer if it is caught early. I have wanted to pass this bill since I lost my father, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Sr., to the deadly disease in 2012, said Congressman Payne, Jr. My bill would give doctors more freedom to treat and remove cancerous growths when they find them and improve the health and safety of millions of Americans at risk for colorectal cancer. I want to thank Chairman Frank Pallone for helping me get this bill to the House floor and my House colleagues for passing it today. If the bill becomes law, it could increase the number of Americans who get screened for the disease and save thousands of lives every year. Currently, colorectal cancer causes more than 50,000 deaths in the United States every year. It is even more deadly for minorities. African Americans are 20 percent more likely to get colorectal cancer and 40 percent more likely to die from it compared to other groups. In addition, colorectal cancer rates have doubled for Americans under 50 years old in the last 30 years. # # # # | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |