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Published on: June 8, 2020
Health Policy and Screening for Colorectal Cancer in the United States
Maryam R Hussain1, Faisal S Ali2, Scott A Larson3
1Department of Population Health and Health Disparities, School of Public and Population Health, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
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The landscape for the screening of colorectal cancer (CRC) has witnessed multiple triumphs over the past decades from policy-level interventions. In the United States (US), the most prominent intervention of this nature is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted more than a decade ago. Since its enactment, the ACA has seen multiple legal challenges, and its impact on CRC screening has been relatively well studied. However, a consolidated, concise analysis of the data on this subject is lacking. Herein, we evaluate the impact of the ACA on CRC screening through the lens of a policy analysis, highlighting its strengths and shortcomings, and suggest policy-level interventions to address these shortcomings and improve CRC screening adoption.
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