Laws, Protections and Public Policy

Read blog posts featuring information and personal perspectives, as well as other materials of interest to the hereditary cancer community, by signing up for our community newsletter.

Filter By

Close

Filter By

Close
Protecting Your Data: What You Need to Know

Protecting Your Data: What You Need to Know

May 14, 2025

April is National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month: Why We Must Protect the Lifesaving Systems that Saved Me

April is National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month: Why We Must Protect the Lifesaving Systems that Saved Me

April 14, 2025

What do the executive orders mean for people with cancer?

What do the executive orders mean for people with cancer?

March 12, 2025

Bright Pink and FORCE

Bright Pink and FORCE

September 05, 2024

Reflections on 10 Years Without Gene Patents

Reflections on 10 Years Without Gene Patents

June 14, 2023

What is Legal about Cancer?

What is Legal about Cancer?

May 01, 2023

Judge’s Ruling Puts Free Preventive Care in Question. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Judge’s Ruling Puts Free Preventive Care in Question. Here’s What You Need to Know.

April 10, 2023

Advocacy Spotlight: Increasing Our Focus on State Level Issues

Advocacy Spotlight: Increasing Our Focus on State Level Issues

June 15, 2022

Protections Against Genetic Discrimination vs. Pre-existing Conditions

Protections Against Genetic Discrimination vs. Pre-existing Conditions

October 09, 2020

New Medicare Genetic Testing Policy: What Does It Mean to Me?

New Medicare Genetic Testing Policy: What Does It Mean to Me?

February 19, 2020

Protect Yourself, Your Friends and Family from Fraudulent Genetic Testing

Protect Yourself, Your Friends and Family from Fraudulent Genetic Testing

July 11, 2019

Alert: Cancer Genetic Testing Should Be Performed in the Health Care Setting

Alert: Cancer Genetic Testing Should Be Performed in the Health Care Setting

May 30, 2019

FORCE and Other Groups Meet with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

FORCE and Other Groups Meet with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

February 22, 2019

Battling BRCA: International Conference in Iceland on BRCA and Cancer

Battling BRCA: International Conference in Iceland on BRCA and Cancer

May 11, 2018

Medicare Establishes National Coverage Policy for Next Generation Sequencing for Tumors

Medicare Establishes National Coverage Policy for Next Generation Sequencing for Tumors

April 16, 2018

Five Year Ovarian Cancerversary

Five Year Ovarian Cancerversary

February 28, 2018

Patients Weigh In On Review of PARP Inhibitors for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

Patients Weigh In On Review of PARP Inhibitors for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer

October 12, 2017

Insurance Coverage for Clinical Trial Participation: Significant Barriers Remain

Insurance Coverage for Clinical Trial Participation: Significant Barriers Remain

September 19, 2017

Fueling Patient-Focused Health Care

Fueling Patient-Focused Health Care

May 11, 2017

Reflections on the March for Science

Reflections on the March for Science

April 23, 2017

Flawed Research and Reporting on the “Angelina Effect” Could Threaten Access to HBOC Care

Flawed Research and Reporting on the “Angelina Effect” Could Threaten Access to HBOC Care

January 26, 2017

Applying Personalized Medicine to Disease Screening and Prevention

Applying Personalized Medicine to Disease Screening and Prevention

August 06, 2012

13 Facts that Men with Hereditary Cancer Risk Should Know

13 Facts that Men with Hereditary Cancer Risk Should Know

June 01, 2012

The community speaks out! Your thoughts on the USPSTF breast screening guideline changes.

The community speaks out! Your thoughts on the USPSTF breast screening guideline changes.

December 03, 2009

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: the latest FORCE testimony to SACGHS and FDA feedback

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: the latest FORCE testimony to SACGHS and FDA feedback

November 10, 2009

FORCE and Health Care Community Letter in Support of the EARLY Act

FORCE and Health Care Community Letter in Support of the EARLY Act

July 17, 2009