Florida. To avoid a legislative mandate on the issue, major health insurers in the state have agreed to pay for care for members diagnosed with cancer who participate in clinical trials. The “Clinical Trials Compact” ensures that cancer patients will receive continued benefits while being treated with experimental drugs and other therapies. Participating insurers are: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Humana, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Vista Healthplans, and AvMed Health Plans. In recent months, there had been a move toward legislation to eventually cover all phases of cancer clinical trials, but the health insurers wanted to avoid a legislative mandate. Florida is the fifth state to use a compact for cancer trials, after Georgia, Michigan, Nebraska, and New Jersey. For more information, visit http://acscan.org/action/fl/updates/693/.

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