Oklahoma lawmaker battling breast cancer 'stunned' after Stitt vetoes bill requiring insurance to cover cancer screenings

Oklahoma lawmaker battling breast cancer 'stunned' after Stitt vetoes bill requiring insurance to cover cancer screenings

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Gov. Kevin Stitt is under fire after vetoing a bipartisan-supported bill that would have required insurance companies to cover certain screenings that can catch breast cancer early, a decision that has left the bill’s author, who is battling breast cancer herself, heartbroken. The bill, House Bill 1389, had rare, unanimous bipartisan support in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and near-unanimous support in the Senate…

Gov. Stitt vetoes bill to provide better access to mammograms; bill's author battling breast cancer

An Oklahoma lawmaker is fighting for breast cancer survivors while battling the disease herself.

Lawmaker battling breast cancer vows to challenge Oklahoma governor’s veto on diagnostic screening  • Oklahoma Voice

Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, speaks during a swearing-in ceremony Nov. 20. (Photo by Emma Murphy/Oklahoma Voice)OKLAHOMA CITY — A Democratic lawmaker, who is battling breast cancer, said Wednesday that she plans to try to override the governor’s veto of a bill designed to improve access to diagnostic screening of the disease. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, said Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of House Bill 1389 generated a “lot of shock” and felt per…

Gov. Stitt vetoes bill expanding diagnostic mammography access

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill that would expand diagnostic mammography access on Tuesday.

Governor Stitt vetoes bill expanding breast cancer diagnostic options in Oklahoma

House Bill 1389, a bill to expand the language used in the list of what a diagnostic examination for breast cancer may include, was vetoed by Governor Kevin Sti

Statement on Governor’s Veto of Supplemental Imaging in Oklahoma

Susan G. Komen, the world's leading breast cancer organization, today issued the following statement on the veto of supplemental breast imaging legislation (HB 1389) by Governor Kevin Stitt. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation was overwhelmingly passed in the Oklahoma State Legislature.