Clinton also is challenging private insurers to do the same. Clinton also announced that the federal government will launch a national breast cancer education program to get the latest information on the efficacy of mammography to the public and to health care workers.
Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring form of cancer in women.
The President has done the right thing. I will support the steps he proposes and hope Congress will accept them. Women between the ages of 40 and 50 have had to cope with conflicting guidance about mammography. They deserve the best information available in making these decisions, and federal and private health insurance programs should back women who choose this screening.