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They're old enough to qualify for Medicare, and their incomes are low enough to qualify them for Medicaid.

Before undergoing surgery, patients often go through a number of tests: blood work, sometimes a chest X-ray, perhaps tests to measure heart and lung function. In fact, about half of patients who had one of three common surgical procedures done in Michigan between 2015 and the midway point of 2019 received at least one routine test beforehand. Yet plenty of evidence suggests that preoperative testing is often unnecessary for low-risk surgeries.