# Mammogram Month Again - and then what?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 1, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammogram-month-again-and-then-what/527304 "2010-02-01T23:33:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammogram-month-again-and-then-what/527304/1 "2010-02-01T23:33:57Z")

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(I’m hoping this post is in the correct category.) Every February the hospitals in the area offer free mammograms for women without insurance or a high co-pay. The TV station sets up a call center urging people to call and make an appointment. It all sounds like a good thing. Do they do this all over the country? And if you are poor, or unemployed, and you get a mammogram and discover that you DO have a tumour - then what?? What are your options? Have you ever had a screening, something suspicious was detected, you have no insurance, what do you do then?