Insurance denials for cancer clinical trial participation after the Affordable Care Act mandate

BACKGROUND The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes a mandate requiring most private health insurers to cover routine patient care costs for cancer clinical trial participation; however, the impact of this provision on cancer centers’ efforts to accrue patients to clinical trials has not been well described. METHODS First, members of cancer research centers and community‐based institutions (n = 252) were surveyed to assess the status of insurance...