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  • Preventive Medicine
  • Oncology

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  • The Affordable Care Act (ACA) mandates insurance coverage for USPSTF-rated preventive services without cost-sharing.
  • Cervical cancer prevention, primarily through screening, is a key preventive service covered under the ACA.
  • Family medicine physicians perform over half of all cervical cancer screenings in the U.S.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of the ACA on cervical cancer screening rates and identify persistent barriers to care.
  • To highlight the financial toxicity associated with diagnostic workups following abnormal screening results.
  • To inform policy regarding the expansion of cost-free diagnostic services for cervical cancer.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of screening participation rates and follow-up adherence for diagnostic colposcopy.
  • Examination of cost-sharing implications for colposcopy with biopsy and endocervical curettage.
  • Review of current ACA provisions and proposed policy changes for preventive services.

Main Results:

  • Despite ACA coverage, significant proportions of eligible individuals do not undergo screening (20-40%).
  • Half of cervical cancer patients have never been screened.
  • Only 34% of individuals with abnormal screens attend diagnostic colposcopy, often due to copayments causing financial toxicity.

Conclusions:

  • The ACA has increased screening, but gaps remain in adherence and follow-up care.
  • Financial barriers, particularly copayments for diagnostic procedures, impede timely diagnosis and treatment.
  • Policy changes extending cost-sharing waivers to the full diagnostic workup for cervical cancer, starting in 2027, are crucial for improving outcomes.