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Press Reporting a Decline in Mammograms
by Pam, May 14, 2007 12:00AM
Hi,
One reason for the decline that I can think of is that my insurance company will only pay for me to have a mammogram once every 2 years. Does anyone else have this limitation?
Pam
One reason for the decline that I can think of is that my insurance company will only pay for me to have a mammogram once every 2 years. Does anyone else have this limitation?
Pam
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"Perhaps fewer women have insurance coverage, or co-pays for mammogram visits have gotten higher. Maybe women are no longer convinced mammograms are effective at preventing breast cancer deaths, or maybe they simply are not be as worried about breast cancer as they used to be. Or it could be the end result of a cascade of events -- cost-cutting by insurers leading to lower reimbursements for doctors who perform mammograms, leading to fewer doctors getting specialized in reading the tests, leading to less availability and longer appointment delays for the patient."
Carol