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California To Halt Mammogram Program

Written by Christina Heller

Story Created: Dec 8, 2009 at 4:38 PM PST

Story Updated: Dec 8, 2009 at 5:13 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A state program that provides mammogram services to low-income women is temporarily stopping new enrollments, and plans to raise the eligibility age when it restarts seven months later.

The Every Woman Counts program will be suspended Jan. 1, and when it starts up again July 2, 2010, California Department of Public Health director Dr. Mark Horton says it won't serve women under the age of 50.

Previously, to be eligible for the program women had to be 40 years old.

Horton blamed declining state tobacco tax revenues and increasing demand for screenings for the cuts.

The program served 311,000 California women this fiscal year and expects to serve 259,000 next year.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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