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Proponents tell committee BEST Act would eliminate cost‑sharing for supplemental and diagnostic breast imaging, citing lives saved and minimal premium impact
Summary
Multiple patients, clinicians and advocacy organizations told the House Insurance Committee that House Bill 271 (the BEST Act) should be advanced because eliminating patient cost sharing for supplemental and diagnostic breast imaging would increase early detection and save lives, and would have minimal effect on insurance premiums according to proponents.
Dozens of proponents — patients, clinicians, advocacy groups and hospitals — gave proponent testimony to the House Insurance Committee in support of House Bill 271, the Breast Examination and Screening Transformation (BEST) Act, which would require coverage and prohibit patient cost sharing for supplemental screening and diagnostic breast imaging when medically necessary.
Michelle Young of the Pink Eraser Project, a patient who described a late diagnosis after routine mammograms missed her cancer due to dense breast tissue, urged the committee to remove cost barriers to MRIs and other supplemental imaging. “If we had allowed MRIs… this 1 showed a suspected mass,” Young said of her experience; she gave a cost estimate for treating advanced disease and said contrast‑enhanced mammography and MRI can be low‑cost lifesaving options.
Dr. Natasha Monga, a board‑certified radiologist and board member of the Ohio…
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