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Board looks for more funding for breast and cervical cancer screenings.
2004 NOV 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Oklahoma State Board of Health approved payment guidelines for breast and cervical cancer treatment for low-income women and agreed to ask the legislature for more money to expand screening programs.
The state will provide free services to women who don't have health insurance, potentially saving thousands of lives, said board member Gordon Deckert, MD.
"This is saving lives and if it [cancer] is prevented, it is saving money," he said.
Health officials said the program that starts January 1 will serve about 35,000 Oklahoma women who have abnormal breast and/or cervical screenings and are in need of treatment.
In April, the Legislature approved a program that will generate at least $10 million in federal and state matching funds for breast and cervical cancer treatments.
The state will pay at least $2.5 million, making it eligible for another $7.5 million in Medicaid and Medicare money. Oklahoma was the only state in the nation that was not receiving matching funds for the screening program that was established in 2000, Deckert ...
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