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The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Patients with Cancer in the United States: A Review
Since 2014, American states have had the option to expand their Medicaid programs as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law by former President Barack H. Obama in 2010. Emerging research has found that Medicaid expansion has had a significant impact on patients with cancer,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378187/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37504329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30070469 |
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author | Hotca, Alexandra Bloom, Julie R. Runnels, Juliana Salgado, Lucas Resende Cherry, Daniel R. Hsieh, Kristin Sindhu, Kunal K. |
author_facet | Hotca, Alexandra Bloom, Julie R. Runnels, Juliana Salgado, Lucas Resende Cherry, Daniel R. Hsieh, Kristin Sindhu, Kunal K. |
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description | Since 2014, American states have had the option to expand their Medicaid programs as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law by former President Barack H. Obama in 2010. Emerging research has found that Medicaid expansion has had a significant impact on patients with cancer, who often face significant financial barriers to receiving the care they need. In this review, we aim to provide a comprehensive examination of the research conducted thus far on the impact of Medicaid expansion on patients with cancer. We begin with a discussion of the history of Medicaid expansion and the key features of the ACA that facilitated it. We then review the literature, analyzing studies that have investigated the impact of Medicaid expansion on cancer patients in terms of access to care, quality of care, and health outcomes. Our findings suggest that Medicaid expansion has had a positive impact on patients with cancer in a number of ways. Patients in expansion states are more likely to receive timely cancer screening and diagnoses, and are more likely to receive appropriate cancer-directed treatment. Additionally, Medicaid expansion has been associated with improvements in cancer-related health outcomes, including improved survival rates. However, limitations and gaps in the current research on the impact of Medicaid expansion on patients with cancer exist, including a lack of long-term data on health outcomes. Additionally, further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms through which Medicaid expansion impacts cancer care. |
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spelling | pubmed-103781872023-07-29 The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Patients with Cancer in the United States: A Review Hotca, Alexandra Bloom, Julie R. Runnels, Juliana Salgado, Lucas Resende Cherry, Daniel R. Hsieh, Kristin Sindhu, Kunal K. Curr Oncol Review Since 2014, American states have had the option to expand their Medicaid programs as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which was signed into law by former President Barack H. Obama in 2010. Emerging research has found that Medicaid expansion has had a significant impact on patients with cancer, who often face significant financial barriers to receiving the care they need. In this review, we aim to provide a comprehensive examination of the research conducted thus far on the impact of Medicaid expansion on patients with cancer. We begin with a discussion of the history of Medicaid expansion and the key features of the ACA that facilitated it. We then review the literature, analyzing studies that have investigated the impact of Medicaid expansion on cancer patients in terms of access to care, quality of care, and health outcomes. Our findings suggest that Medicaid expansion has had a positive impact on patients with cancer in a number of ways. Patients in expansion states are more likely to receive timely cancer screening and diagnoses, and are more likely to receive appropriate cancer-directed treatment. Additionally, Medicaid expansion has been associated with improvements in cancer-related health outcomes, including improved survival rates. However, limitations and gaps in the current research on the impact of Medicaid expansion on patients with cancer exist, including a lack of long-term data on health outcomes. Additionally, further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms through which Medicaid expansion impacts cancer care. MDPI 2023-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10378187/ /pubmed/37504329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30070469 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Hotca, Alexandra Bloom, Julie R. Runnels, Juliana Salgado, Lucas Resende Cherry, Daniel R. Hsieh, Kristin Sindhu, Kunal K. The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Patients with Cancer in the United States: A Review |
title | The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Patients with Cancer in the United States: A Review |
title_full | The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Patients with Cancer in the United States: A Review |
title_fullStr | The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Patients with Cancer in the United States: A Review |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Patients with Cancer in the United States: A Review |
title_short | The Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Patients with Cancer in the United States: A Review |
title_sort | impact of medicaid expansion on patients with cancer in the united states: a review |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10378187/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37504329 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30070469 |
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