Free yearly breast cancer screening for women age 30 and up
H.R. 10100 — Screen to Save Act · Filed by Joe Neguse (D-CO) · Introduced Aug 13, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
Starting January 1, 2027, Medicare, Medicaid, and private plans must pay for yearly breast screening. Women will not pay copays, coinsurance, or deductibles for this screening. All three types of plans must cover the cost with no extra charges to patients.
Who it affects
Women age 30 and older get free yearly breast cancer screening. Medicare, Medicaid, and private plans must cover the cost. Radiology centers and hospitals that do the screening are affected.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much plans must pay doctors and hospitals. The bill does not say if women with past breast cancer need more screening.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Aug 13, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Aug 13, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means and House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- screening — A test to look for disease in people who have no symptoms
- copays — A fixed amount a patient pays for a doctor visit or medical service
- coinsurance — A percentage of the medical bill the patient pays after the plan pays
- deductibles — The amount a patient must pay out of pocket before the plan starts to pay
- Medicare — Health plan for people age 65 and older, and some younger people with disabilities
- Medicaid — Health plan for people with low income, run by states with federal help
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,944 characters) on Aug 19, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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