CT House votes unanimously to advance biomarker testing bill

CT House votes unanimously to advance biomarker testing bill

Connecticut State Capitol (Molly Ingram / WSHU)The Connecticut House has approved requiring health insurance providers to cover biomarker testing, a process that involves using genome sequencing to diagnose disease more accurately.It's been effective in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's, said Rep. Jane Garibay (D-Windsor), the chair of the Aging Committee.“So if you know you have the Alzheimer gene, there are two medicines out there now that yo…