screening African-American men, including whether to screen African-American men at younger ages, and has identified this research as a high-priority cancer research gap. (11) Barriers to screening should be minimized for high-risk men in order to catch asymptomatic prostate cancer before it metastasizes and the survival rate is dramatically reduced. (12) The cost of treating metastatic prostate cancer in the United States health care system is hundreds of millions of dollars more annually than the cost of treating localized, early-stage cancer. 3. Requirement for group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings without imposition of cost-sharing requirements (a) In general Subsection (a) of section 2713 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–13 ) is amended to read as follows: (a) Coverage of preventive health services (1) In general A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall, at a minimum, provide coverage for and shall not impose any cost-sharing requirements for— (A) evidence-based items or services that have in effect a rating of A or B in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force