<p>More from the article: “Women of all economic classes, including those with health insurance and those without, are failing to get their annual mammograms. Shockingly, this even includes cancer survivors. A recent student found only 55% of New Jersey women on Medicare, ages 52 to 69, had had mamamograms in the past two years.”</p>
<p>(Good thing they weren’t on the waiting list - want to calculate the wait time if they tried to receive one annually?)</p>
<p>“It seems like every few months, I hear of a place that is not doing them anymore,” said Dr. Edward Lubat, Valley Hospital’s director body imagining and managing partner at Radiology Associates of Ridgewood.</p>
<p>“Meanwhile, other centers have been cited for poor-quality work. Two non-hospital mammography centers were barred from performing mammograms in recent months after federal investigators said images taken there posed a serious risk to the health of patients. Nearly 1,100 women…were notified that federal regulators were concerned about the equality of their mammograms. They were advised to repeat the work or have the films reevaluated.”</p>
<p>(Add 'em to the waiting list…)</p>
<p>“Even hospitals aren’t immune: Federal investigators discovered that St. Mary’s Hospital in Passaic performed mammographies for four months with faulty quality-control equipment. The hospital hadn’t repaired the part because it didn’t have the money.”</p>
<p>(Yup, best quality health care in the world.)</p>
<p>“The number of radiologists specializing in the filed is not keeping up with the demand. Three out of 10 mammography practices in 2003 reported job vacancies.”</p>
<p>“For women who don’t mind paying cash for the service, there are a handful of boutique centers that offer same-day results and face-to-face consultations with radiologists. But they don’t deal with insurance plans.”</p>
<p>This is the system Hillary Clinton wants to add 50,000,000 people to.</p>