NJ SCR114

Urges Congress to enact the "Find It Early Act" (S. 1410), which would require all health insurance plans to cover breast cancer screenings and diagnostic imaging at no cost to the insured

Targets women with dense breasts or other breast cancer risk factors, as dense tissue obscures mammogram imaging and nearly half of women over 40 have dense breasts

Would mandate coverage without cost-sharing for mammograms, breast ultrasounds, and breast MRIs for at-risk women

Cites that early detection yields a 99% five-year survival rate when cancer is found before spreading, compared to approximately 30% when diagnosed after metastasis

Notes that an estimated 267,000 breast cancer cases went undetected in 2021 due to reduced mammography sensitivity in dense breasts