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House Insurance Committee reports bill to require insurers cover supplemental breast screenings without cost sharing
Summary
The House Insurance Committee unanimously reported Senate Bill 88, which would amend the insurance company law to require health insurers to cover multiple supplemental or diagnostic breast exams without cost sharing and expand protections beyond high‑risk individuals.
Harrisburg — The House Insurance Committee on an internally convened session reported Senate Bill 88 unanimously, a measure that would amend the insurance company law to require health insurers to provide coverage for multiple supplemental or diagnostic breast exams without cost sharing.
The bill’s prime sponsor, Senator Frank Ferry, said the measure expands protections created by prior legislation known as Act 1 and would extend no‑cost follow‑up diagnostics to people at average risk for breast cancer, not only those identified as high risk. “This actually will expand that to average…
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