Some Older Women Need Extra Breast Scans. Why Won’t Medicare Pay?

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By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/FShuEdz
via IFTTT your-feed-science, Breast Cancer, Tests (Medical), Mammography, Women and Girls, Medicare, Disease Rates, Ultrasonic Imaging and Sonograms, Cancer, Tumors, Preventive Medicine Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often wind up paying the bill.

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