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Will my health insurance cover costs if I join a clinical trial?

Your health insurance plan may not cover some or all of the patient care costs associated with a clinical trial. This is because some health plans define clinical trials as "experimental" or "investigational" procedures.

Medicare and Clinical Trials explains how Medicare offers people with Medicare coverage the option to join some clinical trials for the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses by paying some of the patient care costs.