The adoption of Medicaid expansion led to earlier diagnoses of colon cancer for Medicaid patients, lessening one key cancer disparity between insured and uninsured Americans, according to a new study presented at the virtual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
The finding comes from an analysis of the American College of Surgeons’ National Cancer Database for the years 2010 to 2017. Midway through the study period, on Jan. 1, 2014, states had the option to expand