She’s at High Risk of Breast Cancer. She Moved, and Her Screening Costs Soared.

Costs cause some to skip breast cancer screenings. SC bill aims to help. • SC Daily Gazette

A nurse provides assistance to a patient undergoing a mammogram in a modern medical facility. (Stock photo by Tom Werner/Getty Images)The costs of Sundi Herring’s breast cancer started adding up before she was even diagnosed. After her doctor spotted a suspicious spot during an annual mammogram, Herring needed three needle biopsies, two MRIs and two sonograms to determine the spot was a cancerous tumor. Her insurance fully covered the initial ma…

She’s at high risk of breast cancer. She moved, and her screening costs soared.

Kelli Reardon undergoes an MRI twice a year to screen for breast cancer, a measure she said she must take to protect her health. Her mother died of the disease at age 48, putting Reardon at higher risk, and Reardon has dense breast tissue, which makes it harder to detect a growth through a mammogram.

She’s at High Risk of Breast Cancer. She Moved, and Her Screening Costs Soared.

Kelli Reardon undergoes an MRI twice a year to screen for breast cancer, a measure she said she must take to protect her health. Her mother died of the disease at age 48, putting Reardon at higher risk, and Reardon has dense breast tissue, which makes it harder to detect a growth through a mammogram. When Reardon moved from Alabama to North Carolina, she had little choice but to switch from having the screening done at an imaging center to havin…