Medicare spends about as much screening for breast cancer as treating it -- $1B annua

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Medicare spends $1 billion annually on breast cancer screening, a new study has found. Another report, this one from UnitedHealth, says changes to how the government coordinates patient care could save half a trillion dollars over a decade.

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