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Health Care Reform And Women's Insurance Coverage For Breast And Cervical Cancer Screening, Alice R. Levy, Brian K. Bruen, Leighton C. Ku
Health Care Reform And Women's Insurance Coverage For Breast And Cervical Cancer Screening, Alice R. Levy, Brian K. Bruen, Leighton C. Ku
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INTRODUCTION:
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) will increase insurance coverage for US citizens and for breast and cervical cancer screening through insurance expansions and regulatory changes. The primary objective of this study was to estimate the number of low-income women who would gain health insurance after implementation of the ACA and thus be able to obtain cancer screening. A secondary objective was to estimate the size and characteristics of the uninsured low-income population and the number of women who would still need National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) services.
METHODS:
We used …