Mammograms reduce breast cancer deaths by an average of 15%. New recommendations against routine mammograms for women aged 40-49 have been issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Other major health care providers, including the American Cancer Society, disagree with the new recommendations.
Tell state insurance regulators not to allow insurance companies to restrict access to mammograms. Sign the petition & tell a friend today!
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is a group of elected or appointed state regulators who work to fairly determine what procedures insurance companies are required by law to cover. Regulation of health insurance coverage, including coverage of preventive care like mammograms, occurs primarily at the state level.
The fierce debate currently going on regarding the new USPSTF recommendations against mammograms for women aged 40-49 only serves to emphasize the fact that the NAIC must use its powers to protect the public interest. The association must not use these new recommendations as an excuse to allow insurance companies to restrict preventive care for women under the age of 50, or over the age of 74.
All women should have access to preventive care, including mammograms. Whether and when to have a mammogram should be a personal decision, informed by the advice of a woman's own doctor and her personal and family medical history. But if insurance does not cover the cost of the mammogram, prohibitive costs will prevent many women from being able to make that decision based on her medical needs.
Don't let insurance companies restrict access to mammograms for women under 50. Sign the petition and tell a friend today.
Dear National Association of Insurance Commissioners In spite of the recent controversy regarding whether routine mammograms should be given to women aged 40-49, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the American Cancer Society, as well as countless other experts, agree that mammograms reduce the rate of death due to breast cancer by an average of fifteen percent. We, your constituents, ask that you prevent recent USPSTF recommendations from being used to restrict access to mammograms for women. Your decisions and legislation will help decide whether women in each state get to choose the best preventive care options with the help of their doctors, or insurance companies make that choice for them by not covering appropriate care. Please make your own recommendations wisely. Do not allow insurance companies to restrict access to life-saving mammograms. Let patient and doctor decide what preventive care is appropriate and necessary. Sincerely, |
| Sep 9, 2010 (Name not displayed) |
| Sep 9, 2010 (Name not displayed) |
| Sep 8, 2010 Robin Cazan |
| Sep 8, 2010 Patricia Claycomb |
| Sep 8, 2010 Deborah Tosh |
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| Sep 7, 2010 Donna Keane |
| Sep 7, 2010 Sandy Brewer |
| Sep 7, 2010 kerry spoelma |
| Sep 7, 2010 tina mclees |
| Sep 7, 2010 (Name not displayed) |
| Sep 7, 2010 Donna Armillay |
| Sep 7, 2010 Ray Bird |
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| Sep 6, 2010 Melissah Chadwick |
| Sep 6, 2010 Laura Fabbro |
| Sep 6, 2010 gary white My wife is a cancer survivor. Due to her having a mamogram. |
| Sep 5, 2010 Laura Cordes |
| Sep 5, 2010 tricia minter |
| Sep 5, 2010 Tammy Scofield |
| Sep 5, 2010 (Name not displayed) |
| Sep 5, 2010 kathleen mullaney |
| Sep 5, 2010 Terri Reed |
| Sep 5, 2010 Geneine Payne |
| Sep 5, 2010 andrina erstad |
| Sep 5, 2010 (Name not displayed) |
| Sep 5, 2010 Gina Young |
| Sep 4, 2010 Douglas Rausch |
| Sep 4, 2010 Loraine Lindsey |
| Sep 4, 2010 (Name not displayed) |
| Sep 4, 2010 (Name not displayed) Early detection is the key to less drastic (and less expensive) treatment - do not deny women the ability to survive. |
| Sep 4, 2010 John Blair |
| Sep 4, 2010 Kalene McDonnell |
| Sep 4, 2010 lauren bogard |
| Sep 3, 2010 peggy moore Its a critical test to save lives. One in eight women will get breast cancer. Don't make the number worse by restricting mammograms that detect early and save lives. |
| Sep 3, 2010 Adrienne DeHaas |
| Sep 3, 2010 gina klein-colvin no women no matter the age should ever be turned down for a mammograms!!! |
| Sep 3, 2010 Lisa Holomon |
| Sep 3, 2010 (Name not displayed) |
| Sep 1, 2010 jerri greene |
| Aug 31, 2010 Kristen Mizzi |
| Aug 31, 2010 Carole Chalcraft |
| Aug 31, 2010 Shana Marvin |
| Aug 29, 2010 Kelli Thompson |
| Aug 29, 2010 deanna wiley Diagnotstic imaging center in overland park denied me ability to get my annual examine because of a bill that we are paying off. Still owe some money on it but are trying really hard and they deinied me my mammogram this year what do I do? |
| Aug 26, 2010 Madeline Clements |
| Aug 26, 2010 Amber Zeidner |
| Aug 26, 2010 Olga Larina |
| Aug 26, 2010 aimee brent |
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