Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, preventive screening for ovarian cancer is not listed among the services that are required to be covered at no copay or coinsurance, despite the fact that 1 in 72 women will get ovarian cancer, compared to similar 1 in 69 for women age 40-49, who will get breast cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Unfortunately, the reason for the omission is not just that breast cancer is deadlier, or that it gets more attention, more marketing or more fundraising dollars.
