An Alabama House committee approved legislation on Wednesday that would eliminate certain patients’ co-pays for breast and prostate cancer screenings. Current Alabama law requires health insurers to cover mammography to screen for breast cancer in women 40 years old or older. “Many women face significant out of pocket costs after, following, follow-up breast cancer breast imaging, after a screening mammogram,” Holk-Jones said to the committee. “Early detection, intervention, and early prevention of breast cancer can mean the difference between long term medical care, chemotherapy, and higher medical costs. The legislation has received endorsements from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, as well as prostate cancer nonprofit ZERO Prostate Cancer.