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Advocate with endometriosis urges end to PCP referral requirement for specialty gynecological care (H.1168)
Summary
A legislative aide who suffered long delays getting gynecological specialty care urged the committee to eliminate primary-care referral requirements for in-network specialty gynecological services, saying the change would speed diagnoses such as endometriosis.
BOSTON — Taylor Sprague, a legislative aide and longtime patient, told the Joint Committee on Financial Services and Insurance that removing the requirement for a primary-care physician referral to see in‑network specialty gynecological care would shorten the time to diagnosis and treatment for conditions such as endometriosis.
"It takes a person an average of eight to 10 years…
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