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"… sponsored a mirror bill to Shaw’s in the Senate.The American College of Radiology opposed the bill over concerns that a digital premium would suck funding a …"

"… mory University School of Medicine and co-chair of the American College of Radiology’s Committee on Breast Cancer. In addition, digital mammograms require le …"