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Projected missed cancer screenings per 100,000 Medicaid adults (2027-2028) are displayed. The chart shows an upward trend, with 'Expansion' states generally experiencing higher rates compared to 'Nonexpansion' states.
The 2025 federal #Medicaid restrictions are projected to cause over 1 million missed #CancerScreening exams and over 150 excess #cancer deaths within 2 years, with substantial impact on younger and vulnerable adults.
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Graph: State-Level Projected Total Missed Cancer Screenings per 100 000 Medicaid-Enrolled Adults (2027-2028). The Y axis represents Missed cancer screenings per 100000 Medicaid-enrolled adults and X axis is State.
The 2025 federal #Medicaid restrictions are projected to cause over 1 million missed #CancerScreening exams and over 150 excess #cancer deaths within 2 years, with substantial impact on younger and vulnerable adults. ja.ma/49waPmf
10.01.2026 15:00 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Grateful to work with Sarah Shubeck on this analysis, and thanks to STAT News for covering the findings:
www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/m...
So these projections are almost certainly conservative.
Coverage instability doesn’t just shift diagnoses later—it risks interrupting active cancer care, increasing morbidity, mortality, and costs that no model fully captures.
Importantly, these estimates focus only on screening and early detection (breast, colorectal, lung).
They do not even count patients already undergoing cancer treatment whose coverage could be interrupted—delaying chemo, radiation, surgery, or follow-up care.
Using a state-level decision analytic model, we estimate >1 million missed cancer screenings in just two years, leading to hundreds of preventable advanced cancers and deaths nationwide.
09.01.2026 02:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
New research out today @jamaoncology.com: federal Medicaid eligibility restrictions could have major downstream cancer consequences.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Medicaid restrictions may lead to a million missed cancer screenings over two years: study www.statnews.com/2026/01/08/m... via @statnews.com
08.01.2026 21:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hospitals Acquired By Private Equity Firms: Increased Postoperative Mortality For Common Inpatient Surgeries
@DiazAdrian10 @jdimick1 @Health_Affairs @UMichCHOP
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Note to Canadians looking at privately owned hospitals as an option here - US data strongly suggests deaths among surgical patients are higher @healthAffairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...
16.05.2025 18:25 — 👍 72 🔁 46 💬 6 📌 5
Hospitals acquired by PE show a 2.7 pp ↑ in 30D surgical mortality, driven by a 3.9 pp ↑ in failure to rescue.
We need enforceable nurse‑staffing minimums, full ownership transparency, and federal review of PE transactions. @andrewmibrahim.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social
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