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Medicaid funding cuts to cause thousands of preventable cancer deaths

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A significant reduction in Medicaid funding, as outlined in the "Big Beautiful Budget," is projected to lead to thousands of preventable deaths from cancer over the next two years. These cuts are expected to cause approximately 7.5 million people to lose Medicaid coverage, resulting in hundreds of thousands missing crucial cancer screenings like mammograms and colonoscopies. Consequently, an estimated few thousand individuals will develop advanced, untreatable cancers due to delayed or missed diagnoses, a number that is likely to increase in the long term. AI

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Medicaid funding cuts to cause thousands of preventable cancer deaths

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Peter Ubel, Contributor ·

    Reducing Medicaid Funding Is About To Increase Cancer Deaths

    Looming Medicaid cuts are going to reduce cancer screening and lead to preventable advanced cancers. Thousands of them.

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