Connecticut Bill SB 158 - Ultrasound coverage without imposing a decuctible
Since our dense breast tissue reporting law in 2009, the FIRST in the nation, hundreds of Connecticut women with dense breast tissue have contacted Are You Dense Inc. and Are You Dense Advocacy Inc. about the barrier to…
Read More »OKLAHOMA Governor Ushers in the 26th State to Report Dense Breast Tissue to Patients
Governor Mary Fallin will sign HB2601 today making the Sooner State the 26th state to report a Patient's Breast Tissue Composition through the Mammography Reporting Results. “This is an important day for women’s breast…
Read More »VERMONT Governor Shumlin Ushers in the Green Mountain State's Density Reporting Bill into Law #28!
The Green Mountain State's Dense Breast Tissue Reporting Senate Bill 157 becomes law today under Governor Peter Shumlin, adding to the growing list of density reporting laws across the country. The bill was introduced in the…
Read More »SOUTH CAROLINA Governor Ushers in Breast Density Reporting Law #27
The impact of Dense Breast Tissue on missed, delayed and advanced stage breast cancer was brought to Senator Lourie from his constituent Hope Gelting after her 7cm cancer was invisible on her annual mammography screening in…
Read More »Dr. Cappello's Blog Post: Let's Talk: Aren't Health Care Providers Expected to Discuss Medical Reports with Patients?
Being the architect of legislation to include a patient’s dense breast tissue, the strongest predictor of mammography missing cancer, in the patient’s mammography reporting results, I am compelled to respond to a study in…
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