Proposed House bill would mandate free heart disease risk testing

By Allison Bell

News April 15, 2026 at 04:00 PM

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A new bill would require group health plans to cover lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein B testing for high-risk patients without cost-sharing.
Tests for those proteins improve the accuracy of heart disease risk analysis.
Drug companies are just now developing treatments for high Lp(a) levels.

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