Coverage of breast cancer screening and prevention services Fact sheet (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation) Breast Neoplasms -- diagnosis Breast Neoplasms -- prevention & control Mammography Chemoprevention Facilities and Services Utilization Genetic Testing Insurance Coverage Among women in the United States, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death. In 2016, an estimated 3.5 million women in the U.S. were living with breast cancer. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and many state laws have provisions that assure that most women with private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare have coverage for breast cancer screening services. This typically includes screening mammography for the general population of women, but also can include genetic testing and preventive medications for high-risk women over the age of 35. This factsheet discusses breast cancer screening and prevention services, and reviews the scope of private and public insurance coverage, as well as access to those services for women in the US. San Francisco, CA : Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, September 2019 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, issuing body. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (9 pages)) nlm:nlmuid-101767800-pdf 101767800 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101767800 English United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0