Cancer Action Network: New Policy Extending Colorectal Screening Coverage for Low-Income Texans Takes Effect Today
March 02, 2021
March 02, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas, March 2 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release on March 1, 2021:
Beginning today, Texans covered by Medicaid with an average risk of colorectal cancer will have their screenings covered starting at age 45. The updated Medicaid policy was supported by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and comes in lieu of the American Cancer Society's renewed guidelines lowering the starting age for screenings fr . . .
Beginning today, Texans covered by Medicaid with an average risk of colorectal cancer will have their screenings covered starting at age 45. The updated Medicaid policy was supported by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) and comes in lieu of the American Cancer Society's renewed guidelines lowering the starting age for screenings fr . . .