Preventive Care Could Prove Costly, Says Congressional Budget Office
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Expanding the use of cancer screening tests and other preventive services could increase rather than reduce the federal government's health care spending burden, according to the Congressional Budget Office
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