By Ted Bosworth
The improved cancer survival attributed to expanded Medicaid coverage following the enactment of the 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be traced to earlier treatment rather than screening, according to a new analysis of state-level mortality data among people who are between 20 and 64 years of age.
Building on a previous study associating the ACA with an improvement in overall survival (OS), the new study showed a 3.3% reduction (P=0.009) in metastatic cancer and a 3.5% decrease