By Assemblywoman Amy H. Handlin | Glouster County Times Op-Ed

November 22, 2009

Let’s say you are a woman over 40 who follows the American Cancer Society guidelines (regardless of the recent controversy about them) and faithfully gets a mammogram each year.

What would you do if you tried to make your 2010 appointment, only to learn this test is no longer available anywhere in the state? Would you take a day off from work to travel to Pennsylvania – or forgo your screening entirely?