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Is It Time for a Mammogram?

By the end of this year, an estimated 40,000 women in the United States will die from breast cancer.

If there is any silver lining to this cloudy forecast, it's the fact that 97% of women diagnosed with breast cancer survive when the disease is detected early. This is why medical professionals recommend routine testing for women 40 and older.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October) is a good time for health plan members to contact their primary care doctors to schedule an annual physical exam and routine mammogram (if they haven't done so this year). The Carpenters Health and Security Plan will cover 100% of the cost—no copay, no deductible, no coinsurance—subject to the Preventive Health Benefit Schedule for active carpenters, spouses and domestic partners. Retired health plan members are eligible for benefits too.

Do you need help finding a primary care doctor in your area? Our Participant Advocate (a registered nurse on staff at Carpenters Trusts) would be glad to help or answer any questions about routine mammograms. Just call (206) 260-2204 during regular business hours.