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Published Nov 19 2009 by USA Today

Insurance companies: We'll still cover annual breast exams

Insurance companies contacted by USA TODAY say they will continue paying for annual mammograms amid widespread fears that new breast cancer screening guidelines from a federal task force could lead women to lose coverage for those tests. The guidelines ?...

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