Assessing Community Cancer care after insurance ExpanSionS (ACCESS) study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer is the second most common cause of mortality in the United States. Cancer screening and prevention services have contributed to improved overall cancer survival rates in the past 40 years. Vulnerable populations (i.e., uninsured, low-income, and racial/ethnic minorities) are disproportionately affected by cancer, receive significantly fewer cancer prevention services, poorer healthcare, and subsequently lower survival rates than insured, white, non-Hispanic populations. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aims to provide health insurance to all low-income citizens and legal residents, including an expansion of Medicaid eligibility for those earning ≤138% of federal poverty level. As of 2012, Medicaid was expanded in 32 states and the District of Columbia, while 18 state

SUBMITTER: Angier H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5819346 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature