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Yale: Medicaid expansion tied to early breast cancer detection

from Stamford Advocate

Yale: Medicaid expansion tied to early breast cancer detection Stamford Advocate In states where Medicaid was expanded under the Affordable Care Act, women are more likely to receive breast cancer diagnoses at an early stage, compared with women in other states, new research shows. Among women younger than 50, the average rate of diagnosis at advanced stages lowered from 23% to 21% between 2012-13 (before most states expanded Medicaid) and 2015-16 (after expansion), according to a Yale Cancer Center study published in JAMA Surgery. READ MORE

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