Every Woman Counts???

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smithlme
smithlme Member Posts: 1,322
edited June 2014 in Advocacy

I was checking my Facebook and ran into this post by our local Cancer Resource Center:

"Just a heads up, starting Jan 1 Every Woman Counts will not be enrolling any new members for breast cancer screening. If you know anyone who is thinking about using this service, advise them to join soon. They will begin enrolling new members again June 30, 2010. They also have a new guideline that they will only pay for screenings for women 50 and over."

They have GOT to be kidding??!!

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  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 4,289
    edited December 2009

    Boy, that was Fast! 

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  • AnneW
    AnneW Member Posts: 4,050
    edited December 2009

    I'm surprised it didn't come sooner, given California's economic woes. Isn't this an essentially free program? More and more, these will be unfunded or underfunded things of the past. A bad sign of the times. Because the women who use these services will still need treatment at later (and mroe expensive) stages of care...

    Anne

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited December 2009

    That CA program is part of the Breast and Cervical Screening program funded by the CDC.  Every state is legally required to provide this program.  The health department of each state runs this program.

    If cancer is detected on screening, Medicaid kicks in to cover the cost of tx.

    In VA, of all the women screened between the ages of 30-75, 26% of those screened are between the ages of 40-49.  Of that 26% screened, 0.1% require further treatment for breast cancer.  You can go to the CDC webpage and click on your state's program, as well as the stats for screening by age, race, and further tx, as well as the funding each state receives from the CDC.

    The vast majority of screening is between the ages of 50-65, and where the majority of cancer is detected.

    I'm NOT advocating this.  Just pointing out where you can get more info on a state by state basis for this program.

    There is an enormous push in my area to get women screened through this program at the health department.  Most are uninsured and in the poverty range.

    Another point to keep in mind is that the CDC is funded by the U.S. Health Services department.  So it would appear the panel's recommendations are having an affect.  The problem is, there are no state-to-state regulations on this program.  Each state administer's their program differently.

    Bren

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