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HR 778 104th Congress House Health Breast cancer Mammography Medical screening Medicare Women Women's health

Equal Access to Annual Screening Mammography Act of 1995

Introduced: May 14, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Feb 21, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 1, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 1, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Equal Access to Annual Screening Mammography Act of 1995 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the breast cancer screening benefit to cover on an annual basis (currently, biennial) routine breast cancer screening for women aged 65 and older (thus covering them on the same basis as those aged 49 through 64).

What's happening now February 21, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 3 Independent 1
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 23, 1996
 D
Fields, Cleo
Louisiana · May 14, 1996
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jun 7, 1995
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 22, 1995
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Mar 22, 1995
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 22, 1995
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 22, 1995
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 15, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 15, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 15, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 778: Equal Access to Annual Screening Mammography Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-778/
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"H.R. 778: Equal Access to Annual Screening Mammography Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-778/.
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H.R. 778, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-778/.
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