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        <title>To amend title 10, United States Code, to include digital breast tomosynthesis as a primary and preventative health care service under the military health system and the TRICARE program.</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Better and Robust Screening Today Act or the BRST Act</b></p> <p>This bill revises revises coverage of primary and preventive health services for women under the TRICARE program to include the use of digital breast tomosynthesis in breast cancer screening.</p>]]></text>
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