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  <title>Open Congress : Blog Articles for H.R.4879 Virtual Screening for Cancer Act of 2007</title>
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  <updated>2008-06-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>C3 Comments Publicly on CT-Colonography</title>
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    <updated>2008-06-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition &#187; Policy... </name>
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In addition to submitting comments to CMS we have publicly endorsed legislation in Congress, The Virtual Screening for Cancer Act (HR 4879). This legislation would give authority to CMS to begin covering CTC under Medicare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://fightcolorectalcancer.org/policy_news/2008/06/c3_comments_publicly_on_ct-colonography"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Medicsight Welcomes US Initiative To Reimburse CT Colonography For ...</title>
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    <updated>2008-01-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer </name>
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Cubin&amp;#39;s bill (HR 4879, the Virtual Screening for Cancer Act (VSCA) of 2007) includes CTC as a colorectal cancer screening test covered under Medicare. CTC, also known as &amp;quot;virtual colonoscopy&amp;quot; (VC), offers a non-invasive and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/1,13613,00.htm?rss=y"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Medicsight Welcomes US Initiative to Reimburse CT Colonography for &#226;&#8364;&#166;</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-20:/commentary/1390664</id>
    <updated>2007-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Cubin&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s bill (HR 4879, the Virtual Screening for Cancer Act (VSCA) of 2007) includes CTC as a colorectal cancer screening test covered under Medicare. CTC, also known as &#226;&#8364;&#339;virtual colonoscopy&#226;&#8364;&#157; (VC), offers a non-invasive and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://hivaids.blogrox.com/2007/12/21/medicsight-welcomes-us-initiative-to-reimburse-ct-colonography-for/"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Action: Introduced: HR 4879: To amend title XVIII of the ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-4879" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/commentary/1389902</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Barbara Cubin [R-WY] introduced HR 4879: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal screening test for purposes of coverage under the Medicare Program, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-4879"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>HR 4879, To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4879.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/commentary/1390663</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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      <name>WashingtonWatch.com - Welcome to WashingtonWatc... </name>
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HR 4879 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal screening test for purposes of coverage under the Medicare Program.... Vote on This Bill: For | Against.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4879.html"&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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