Time for action: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion significantly improves breast cancer care for women in Louisiana

Louisiana was the first state in the Deep South to adopt the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion. In this issue of Cancer, Chu et al present the positive impact of the ACA expansion on women with breast cancer who reside in Louisiana, including increased adherence to...

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Published in:Cancer 2021-03, Vol.127 (5), p.672-675
Main Author: Seewaldt, Victoria L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
access to care
Affordable Care Act
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Expansion
Female
Government programs
Humans
Insurance Coverage
Louisiana
Medicaid
Obamacare
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Patient safety
United States
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Summary:Louisiana was the first state in the Deep South to adopt the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion. In this issue of Cancer, Chu et al present the positive impact of the ACA expansion on women with breast cancer who reside in Louisiana, including increased adherence to the standard of care and an earlier stage of disease at the time of presentation.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/cncr.33264