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Lori Berman brings back bill to cap breast exam costs for state employees

by The 100 Companies

Sen. Lori Berman has refiled legislation to expand coverage for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams for women enrolled in Florida’s state group insurance program.

Thousands of women in Florida receive life-threatening breast cancer diagnoses yearly. Many others are unaware they have the disease because their cost-share of testing is too expensive.

Berman, a Boynton Beach Democrat, carried a similar proposal last year. It passed in the Senate, but its House companion died in its last committee stop.

“I’m very hopeful that this year it’ll pass,” said Berman, a breast cancer survivor. “We want people to be able to get diagnosed.”

– Jesse Scheckner, Florida Politics

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