Half on Medicaid Get Routine Cancer Tests

Only about half of older adults on Medicaid get recommended cancer screening tests, a study finds. Researchers looked at medical records and claims for 1,951 people. All were age 50 or older. About half of the women had a recent mammogram and a Pap test for cervical cancer. Half of the men and women had at least one test for colon cancer. The study was published October 13 in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.