Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion and gains in health insurance coverage and access among cancer survivors

201833 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Margaret G. Tebbs · Vanderbilt University

Emily Castellanos · Vanderbilt University

Abstract

The results of the current study suggest that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion has improved coverage and access for cancer survivors. Cancer 2018;124:2645-52. © 2018 American Cancer Society.

Topics & Keywords

Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Healthcare Policy and Management Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer

Volume 124, Issue 12, pp. 2645-2652

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31288

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