The Affordable Care Act erased a racial disparity in cancer care, a new study says
The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act nearly erased a key disparity in access to cancer care for white and African-American patients, according to a new study.
CHICAGO — The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act in 2010 nearly erased a key disparity in access to cancer care for white and African-American patients, according to a new study.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology chose the study for prime placement this weekend at the plenary session of its annual meeting, the world’s largest gathering of cancer doctors, squeezing it in between studies of state-of-the-art cancer drugs in a statement about the importance of health insurance in determining how well cancer patients are treated.
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