Before adjourning for the year in December, Congress passed the Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act. After years of legislative advocacy by the American College of Gastroenterology, along with partners from the GI community, American Cancer Society and patient advocates, this legislation fixes a quirk in Medicare law that required beneficiaries to cover a 20% coinsurance payment if a polyp was found and removed during a screening colonoscopy. Under the law,