Tulsa Widower Meets With Senator Lankford About Mammogram Coverage

The Tulsa widower who wants insurers to cover the cost of mammograms for younger women, met with U.S. Senator James Lankford's advisors this week.

News On 6 first spoke to Joseph Jennings in July.  

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Jennings has started a  petition to get insurance companies to cover mammograms for women age 30 and up.

Jennings's wife, Kristen was 32 when she felt a lump in her breast, but didn't get a mammogram because insurance wouldn't cover it.  She died of breast cancer years later.

Jennings says he hopes Senator Lankford will bring his petition to Congress.

"They respected everything that I had to say, so I believe we're on the right track. I believe Lankford will pick this up," said Joseph Jennings.

The Susan G. Komen Foundation says out of 100,000 women, ages 30 to 34, only 25 will develop breast cancer.