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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Life Insurance Denial Due to Cancer among Cancer Survivors
This study examined racial/ethnic differences in health/life insurance denial due to cancer among cancer survivors after the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data were obtained from 2012–2020. The dependent variable asked: “Were you ever denied hea...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872206/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206354 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042166 |
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author | Lent, Adrienne B. Garrido, Carlos O. Baird, Emily H. Viela, Ruta Harris, Robin B. |
author_facet | Lent, Adrienne B. Garrido, Carlos O. Baird, Emily H. Viela, Ruta Harris, Robin B. |
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description | This study examined racial/ethnic differences in health/life insurance denial due to cancer among cancer survivors after the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data were obtained from 2012–2020. The dependent variable asked: “Were you ever denied health insurance or life insurance coverage because of your cancer?” Cancer survivors were included if they were diagnosed with cancer after the Affordable Care Act (N = 14,815). Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regressions for age, sex, income, and employment provided odds ratios of insurance denial due to cancer across racial/ethnic groups: Non-Hispanic White, Black, and Other/mixed race; and Hispanic. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) were found between those who were denied or not denied insurance across sex, age, race/ethnicity, income, and employment. Adjusted regressions found significantly higher odds ratios of insurance denial for Blacks (OR: 3.00, 95% CI: 1.77, 5.08), Other/mixed race (OR: 2.16, 95% CI: 1.16, 4.02), and Hispanics (OR: 2.13, 95% CI: 1.02, 4.42) compared to Whites. Differences were observed across sex, income, and employment. Cancer survivors report racial/ethnic disparities in health and life insurance denial due to their cancer despite policy changes. This may be harmful for those who are already financially vulnerable due to their cancer diagnosis and exacerbate racial/ethnic cancer disparities. |
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spelling | pubmed-88722062022-02-25 Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Life Insurance Denial Due to Cancer among Cancer Survivors Lent, Adrienne B. Garrido, Carlos O. Baird, Emily H. Viela, Ruta Harris, Robin B. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study examined racial/ethnic differences in health/life insurance denial due to cancer among cancer survivors after the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data were obtained from 2012–2020. The dependent variable asked: “Were you ever denied health insurance or life insurance coverage because of your cancer?” Cancer survivors were included if they were diagnosed with cancer after the Affordable Care Act (N = 14,815). Unadjusted and adjusted logistic regressions for age, sex, income, and employment provided odds ratios of insurance denial due to cancer across racial/ethnic groups: Non-Hispanic White, Black, and Other/mixed race; and Hispanic. Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) were found between those who were denied or not denied insurance across sex, age, race/ethnicity, income, and employment. Adjusted regressions found significantly higher odds ratios of insurance denial for Blacks (OR: 3.00, 95% CI: 1.77, 5.08), Other/mixed race (OR: 2.16, 95% CI: 1.16, 4.02), and Hispanics (OR: 2.13, 95% CI: 1.02, 4.42) compared to Whites. Differences were observed across sex, income, and employment. Cancer survivors report racial/ethnic disparities in health and life insurance denial due to their cancer despite policy changes. This may be harmful for those who are already financially vulnerable due to their cancer diagnosis and exacerbate racial/ethnic cancer disparities. MDPI 2022-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8872206/ /pubmed/35206354 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042166 Text en © 2022 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 | Article Lent, Adrienne B. Garrido, Carlos O. Baird, Emily H. Viela, Ruta Harris, Robin B. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Life Insurance Denial Due to Cancer among Cancer Survivors |
title | Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Life Insurance Denial Due to Cancer among Cancer Survivors |
title_full | Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Life Insurance Denial Due to Cancer among Cancer Survivors |
title_fullStr | Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Life Insurance Denial Due to Cancer among Cancer Survivors |
title_full_unstemmed | Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Life Insurance Denial Due to Cancer among Cancer Survivors |
title_short | Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health and Life Insurance Denial Due to Cancer among Cancer Survivors |
title_sort | racial/ethnic disparities in health and life insurance denial due to cancer among cancer survivors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872206/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206354 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042166 |
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