Coverage, Financial Burden, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for Patients With Cancer.

CONCLUSION: After the ACA, lower-income people diagnosed with cancer experienced significant gains in coverage largely through Medicaid at rates similar to lower-income patients without cancer, but patients with cancer with incomes 400% or greater of FPL faced a higher financial burden.
PMID: 31603727 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: JOP - October 10, 2019 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Segel JE, Jung J Tags: J Oncol Pract Source Type: research