Safety net

I reported in Saturday's Spokesman-Review about federal budget cuts to a program that provides free mammograms and Pap tests to low-income women.

Since then, I've discovered a local agency that can take up some of the slack -- at least for mammograms. Cancer Patient Care, a Spokane non-profit organization, will pay for mammograms for low-income women referred by a health-care provider. The agency's phone number is 456-0446.