The health insurance reform debate is in full stride and the Senate is adding amendments into the health insurance reform bill. One of these is an amendment to restrict insurance companies from requesting a co-pay for women's preventative care services which would include mammograms.
This may be somewhat in response to the negative reaction from the public on the recent announcement from a government task force recommending a raise in the age on when a women should get her first mammogram. This amendment does not restrict deductibles that may apply to the procedure and does not remove the chance that insurance companies may change their coverage for mammograms to fall in line with the new government task force recommendations, which insurance companies have admitted they do follow guidelines from sources such as the government task force mentioned above to administer their coverages.