{"id":31204,"date":"2022-01-26T08:09:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T14:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=31204"},"modified":"2022-01-26T17:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T23:27:41","slug":"bill-would-lower-colorectal-screening-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=31204","title":{"rendered":"Bill would lower colorectal screening age"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee heard testimony Jan. 25 on a bill that would lower the insurance coverage age for a colorectal cancer screening from 50 to 45.<\/p>\n

\"Sen.
Sen. Eliot Bostar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LB739, introduced by Sen. Eliot Bostar of Lincoln, would apply the change to most individual and group health insurance policies sold in Nebraska.<\/p>\n

Bostar said the bill would align state law with a recommendation from the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur statutes should reflect national recommendations to save lives while also saving longer-term medical costs,\u201d Bostar said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Alan Thorson testified on behalf of the Nebraska Medical Association and other health care groups in support of LB739. Incidents of colorectal cancer have recently fallen by about 1 percent a year for individuals ages 50 to 64, Thorson said, and that likely was due to increased screening. Meanwhile, case counts have increased by about 2 percent a year for those ages 45 to 50, he said.<\/p>\n

Robert Bell, testifying on behalf of the Nebraska Insurance Federation, also supported the bill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe insurance companies in Nebraska support clarifying the existing colorectal screening mandate by lowering the coverage age,\u201d Bell said.<\/p>\n

No one testified in opposition to LB739 and the committee took no immediate action on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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