States Drop No-Cost Cancer Screenings Due To Budget Woes, Study Finds

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Low-income women in at least 20 states no longer have adequate or convenient access to cancer screening services, including mammograms and Pap tests, as a result of the economic recession and diminished levels of health coverage, according to a recent study by the American Cancer Society's Cancer Action Network, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. For the study, ACSCAN conducted an unofficial survey of women's health screening programs nationwide from July 2008 to April 2009...


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