Health insurance in America influences cancer

Fri, 04 Jan 2008

According to a recent report from the American Cancer Society, substantial evidence indicates that a lack of adequate health insurance cover could be associated with higher incidences of cancer, largely due to weaker access to cancer care .

The report indicates that those Americans without health insurance are less likely to get cancer screening tests, and more likely to be diagnosed with late stage cancer, and also have lower survival rates than those that have private insurance .

The report was published in the January/February issue of CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. The journal is peer-reviewed as part of the American Cancer Society. The ACS last year launched a nationwide campaign to spotlight how access to care affects health amongst the American population.

The report draws a clear parallel between level of medical insurance cover and incidence of cancer. One conclusion drawn from the study indicates that the uninsured are 1.6 times as likely to die over a five year period as those with private health insurance .
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