http://chicagoist.com/2007/10/18/new_breast_canc.php All comments for New Breast Cancer Study Shows Chicago's Segregated Healthcare System en-us 2009 Marcus Gilmer Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:30:00 -0600 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss marcusisabadass@gmail.com marcusisabadass@gmail.com 60 http://chicagoist.com/2007/10/18/new_breast_canc.php#comment-1222307 http://chicagoist.com/2007/10/18/new_breast_canc.php#comment-1222307 Comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:20:09 -0600 <p>Sadly, this disparty isn't just in Chicago, it's all over the country. And under IL state law, insurance companies are required to cover mammograms - but if you're in an ERISA plan (more than one state), there's nothing requiring your insurance to cover it. </p> http://chicagoist.com/2007/10/18/new_breast_canc.php#comment-1222091 http://chicagoist.com/2007/10/18/new_breast_canc.php#comment-1222091 Comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:04:51 -0600 <p>Surely there's more than one single reason for such a huge gap in these statistics.. </p> http://chicagoist.com/2007/10/18/new_breast_canc.php#comment-1222034 http://chicagoist.com/2007/10/18/new_breast_canc.php#comment-1222034 Comments Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:11:07 -0600 <p> This kind of stuff makes me really angry. Stroger decided that it is not necessary or cost effective to provide mammograms as routine standard of care. I would imagine that Stroger serves the African-Amercian population more than the white population, so I don't think that there will be improvements in this disparity any time soon (although I am sure there will be no cutbacks on prostate needle biopsies at Stroger any tme soon, considering Toddler has prostate cancer). http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5531877</p>