Yale Medicine School-Led Study Finds That the Affordable Care Act Prevented Thousands of Colorectal Cancer Cases and Deaths
January 08, 2022
January 08, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Jan. 8 (TNSJou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news:
Can removing out-of-pocket costs for screening save lives? Screening for cancer and other diseases can identify the disease in its earlier stages of development and has been found to be highly effective in preventing the onset of illness. For example, screening by colonoscopy for colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the US, leads to a 90% reduction in cancer cases . . .
Can removing out-of-pocket costs for screening save lives? Screening for cancer and other diseases can identify the disease in its earlier stages of development and has been found to be highly effective in preventing the onset of illness. For example, screening by colonoscopy for colorectal cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the US, leads to a 90% reduction in cancer cases . . .