Young women paying to get breast cancer tests
Published: April 28, 2021 4:37 PM EDT
Updated: April 29, 2021 11:07 AM EDT
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A breast cancer diagnosis is scary, and the test to find out if you have it could cost you thousands, even with health insurance. That has a lot of women skipping their screenings.
Women are told to have mammograms annually, but only if you’re over 50. Still, breast cancer concerns exist for everyone.
Dr. Tasleem Padamsee, faculty affiliate at The Ohio State University’s James Comprehensive Cancer Center, hears story after story.
“I remember a particular woman telling me the story of her care provider telling her, ‘Well, really you should be getting these MRI, but I don’t know if you want to do that, because it’s really expensive.’ And she said, ‘Well, will my insurance cover it? ”