The Push to End Cancer Screening Purgatory
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Cancer Screenings - Can Policy Make a Difference?
In 2014 Oregon became the first state to require both Medicaid and some private insurance plans to make follow-up colonoscopies free for patients. At least eight more states have closed this coverage gap since 2014 including Kentucky, Arkansas, and California. Mark Fendrick had been making progress at the federal level by convincing regulators to start forcing private insurance companies to cover these tests. But remember, all this work is only for one cancer. Most of other patients continue dealing with expensive follow-up tests for lung, breast, and cervical cancers.
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