By April 26, 2011
KAISER HEALTH NEWS in collaboration with 
Despite tough economic times, there are some things the government can’t give away.
Starting this year, seniors enrolled in Medicare no longer have to pay for more than a dozen tests and other services to help prevent or control cancer and other costly and debilitating diseases. These benefits, which also include an annual wellness exam, are part of the new federal health-care law.
But big crowds aren’t lining up for free mammograms or colonoscopies, although early data indicate that the free wellness checkup is luring patients. CONTINUED
Medicare Patients Aren’t Taking Advantage Of Some Newly Free Tests
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