Earlier this week in Columbus, Senator Sherrod Brown discussed new legislation that would help make clinical trials more accessible to patients who have been diagnosed with cancer.

Currently, many cancer patients who want to participate in a clinical trial cannot because of the financial burden it imposes on them and their family. Brown worked with the OSU Comprehensive Cancer Center to introduce the Senate version of this legislation. Representative Deborah Pryce is the House sponsor.

Brown said the bill would require health plans to cover routine care costs.