Less Mammography in my future

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I heard on the radio today that every state except Utah has laws that require insurance companies to cover mammograms for women 40+.

Karen

The Natonal Women's Law Center has ranked each state's policy. See: http://hrc.nwlc.org/Policy-Indicator....aspx#footnote

"States that require private insurers to cover annual mammograms for women age 40 and older (1) are considered to have comprehensive breast cancer screenings and therefore receive a "meets policy." States receive a "limited policy" if they require private insurers to cover annual mammograms for women age 50 or older, or "if required by a physician." States receive a "weak policy" if they only require insurers to offer mammogram coverage as a benefit in employer-sponsored insurance plans, but have not required that it be a mandated benefit in all of these insurance plans. States that do not have any requirements regarding insurance coverage for mammograms receive a "no policy."

They show 20 states "meet policy", 27 states "limited policy" and 3 states "weak policy". The data is from 2007.