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Advocates press committee to eliminate out‑of‑pocket costs for diagnostic breast imaging
Summary
H7276 would remove cost sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging after abnormal screening. Survivors, clinicians and advocacy groups told the committee that patient cost barriers delay follow‑up and can lead to later‑stage cancers; insurers raised implementation questions about plan design.
Representative Fogarty reintroduced House Bill 7276 to eliminate out‑of‑pocket costs for diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging that follows an abnormal screening mammogram.
Multiple survivor advocates and health organizations testified in support. Angelica Katz of Susan G. Komen explained that under the Affordable Care Act screening mammograms are preventive and covered without cost sharing, but follow‑up diagnostic tests (MRI,…
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