Six years ago, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force doled outa controversial recommendation: Change long-standing breast cancerscreening recommendations and advise women to wait until age 50rather than 40 to start getting mammograms. The task force alsosaid women should get the test every other year instead ofannually.
Criticism was swift, and rightfully so. The call for the changedied down until the same recommendations resurfaced this month. I'mhoping the recommendations die this time around, too.
The proposed change has big ramifications: If therecommendations are finalized, according to Avalere Healthanalysis, the move could deny coverage of biennial mammograms tosome 17 million women, most of whom are covered byemployer-sponsored plans.
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