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APRI Joins Coalition for Labor Union Women (CLUW) in Praising Medicare Bill Requiring Coverage of HPV Testing in Cervical Cancer Screening

The Coalition of Labor Union Women, the only national organization for union women, and the A Philip Randolph Institute, the nation ’s largest organization representing black workers, together applauded the recent introduction of legislation that would require Medicare to cover testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV), the cause of cervical cancer, as part of cervical cancer screening for older women. The Medicare Cervical Cancer Screening and Detection Coverage Act of 2007 [H.R. 4055] was introduced by Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and co-sponsored by Allyson Schwartz (D-PA).

Women age 65 and older account for nearly 20 percent of all new cervical cancer cases and more than 35 percent of all deaths from the disease, according to the National Cancer Institute. Nearly two dozen leading health, women’s, and other advocacy organizations have already voiced their support for the bill....

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