Imaging centers outside of of hospitals can also be life saving, especially in rural areas where normal diagnostic procedures require travel time to hospitals, etc. BD
Greenberger writes, "Access to modern diagnostic and imaging tools is an issue of critical importance to women's health care that goes beyond general prevention efforts." She concludes, "Women have been waiting a long time to receive the right information and the right care in both hospitals and physicians' offices. Now is not the time to make it more difficult for women to get the care they deserve" (Greenberger, Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/11).
Greenberger continues that Congress' proposal to limit reimbursements for imaging at non-hospital facilities "will have a disproportionately negative effect on millions of Americans who rely on public transportation or live in a rural area," adding that women "with limited financial resources who already suffer from inadequate health services will have to forgo imaging tests because they cannot afford out-of-pocket costs."
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