After Pennsylvania patients complained about receiving extra out-of-pocket charges when they underwent tomosynthesis screening as opposed to traditional mammography alone, Gov. Tom Wolf announced these additional charges would no longer be assessed to patients in the state.
In response, the editorial board of the Reading Eagle newspaper in Reading, Pa., gave the move “an absolute thumbs-up.”
“[T]he more advanced the mammography, the more compelled we should be to cover it,” they wrote. “It's ethical health policy, and it's sound financial policy.”
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Evan joined TriMed in 2011, writing primarily for Health Imaging. Prior to diving into medical journalism, Evan worked for the Nine Network of Public Media in St. Louis. He also has worked in public relations and education. Evan studied journalism at the University of Missouri, with an emphasis on broadcast media.