Support MBC Access to Care Act
Individuals diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) — a terminal, stage IV diagnosis — currently face two arbitrary federal waiting periods before they can access the benefits they have already earned. First, they must wait five months after qualifying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) before receiving payments. Then, they must wait an additional 24 months before becoming eligible for Medicare coverage. For patients with MBC, whose median survival is measured in months to a few years, these delays can mean going without critical income support and health coverage during the most urgent period of their illness.
The Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act (H.R. 2048 / S. 3442, 119th Congress) is bipartisan legislation that would waive both the five-month SSDI waiting period and the 24-month Medicare waiting period specifically for individuals diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. This would ensure that eligible MBC patients can access the financial and healthcare benefits they qualify for immediately upon diagnosis, without losing precious time to bureaucratic delays.
Constituents are urging their Members of Congress to cosponsor H.R. 2048 (in the House) and S. 3442 (in the Senate) and to support advancing this legislation through committee to a full floor vote.
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Hello, I am an assistant calling on behalf of a constituent, {{first_name}} {{last_name}} from {{city}}, {{state}} zip code {{zip_code}}. The constituent is calling to urge {{representative_name}} to cosponsor and support passage of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act — H.R. 2048 in the House and S. 3442 in the Senate — in the 119th Congress. This bipartisan bill would waive the five-month SSDI waiting period and the 24-month Medicare waiting period for individuals diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Metastatic breast cancer is a terminal diagnosis, and patients cannot afford to wait months — or years — for income support and healthcare coverage they have already earned and qualified for. The constituent respectfully asks {{representative_name}} to cosponsor this legislation and to advocate for its advancement through committee to a full floor vote. No one should be dying while waiting for benefits they are entitled to.
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I am calling on behalf of {{first_name}} {{last_name}}, a constituent from {{city}}, {{state}} {{zip_code}}. The constituent is calling to urge {{representative_name}} to cosponsor and support passage of the Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act, H.R. 2048 and S. 3442, in the 119th Congress. This bipartisan bill would waive the five-month SSDI waiting period and the 24-month Medicare waiting period for individuals diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer — a terminal illness where delays in benefits can be devastating. The constituent asks {{representative_name}} to cosponsor this bill and push for its advancement to a full floor vote. You may contact me at {{phone_number}} to discuss further.