Studies Link Cancer Patients’ Survival Time To Insurance Status

WABE

September 16th, 2016

Eliminating disparities in cancer care requires more than just expanding Medicaid coverage, say cancer epidemiologists who found that patients with private insurance seemed to have a survival advantage.

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