Health matters to cancer care

 

Cancer touches everyone.  Expanding insurance coverage leads to earlier cancer detection, fewer deaths, and better outcomes for patients. 

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Expansion has been associated with a 3.4% increase in diagnoses and a 6.4% increase in early-stage diagnoses.  

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Medicaid Expansion Under the ACA Led to Earlier Cancer Diagnoses

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Medicaid Expansion in Kentucky Improves Breast Cancer Care for Women 

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Medicaid expansion boosted colon cancer screening, survival in Kentucky

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