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State expands women's cancer screening: Governor says tests will now be offered to 260,000 more uninsured women.
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State expands women's cancer screening: Governor says tests will now be offered to 260,000 more uninsured women.
Publication: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) Publication Date: 28-SEP-07 |
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COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune
Byline: Monique Garcia
Sep. 28--Continuing his push for near-universal health care after lawmakers rebuffed him this year, Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Thursday that all uninsured women in the state will now qualify for free breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment.
Surrounded by health-care advocates, doctors and cancer survivors at Mercy Medical Center on Chicago's South Side, Blagojevich said up to 260,000 more women will be covered by expanding the existing Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program. But spokeswoman Abby Ottenhoff said the state expects about 5,000...
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