Medicaid expansion linked to survival gain, reduced disparities among patients with cancer

The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act correlated with an increase in 2-year OS rates among patients newly diagnosed with cancer, according to study results published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Improvements in survival for cancer types with a poor prognosis fueled the increase, which appeared greater among Black individuals and residents of rural areas, researchers wrote.
“The narrowing disparities in cancer survival by race and rurality in Medicaid expansion states compared with cancer survival in nonexpansion states are consistent with our

The expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act correlated with an increase in 2-year OS rates among patients newly diagnosed with cancer, according to study results published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Improvements in survival for cancer types with a poor prognosis fueled the increase, which appeared greater among Black individuals and residents of rural areas, researchers wrote.
“The narrowing disparities in cancer survival by race and rurality in Medicaid expansion states compared with cancer survival in nonexpansion states are consistent with our