Harvard Medical Study Finds Cost of Expanding Medicare to Near-elderly Uninsured Could Be Offset by Care Savings
Savings After Age 65 Might Be Pronounced for People with Chronic Disease
While the overall cost-effectiveness of Medicare benefits has been much debated, new data now show that people who were uninsured before receiving benefits at age 65 required more intensive and costlier care than those who had been privately insured prior to receiving Medicare.
John Ayanian, J. Michael McWilliams, and colleagues have shown that uninsured near-elderly patients with diabetes or cardiovascular disease likely would require fewer medical resources after entering the Medicare program if they had been insured prior to age 65.
A new report from the American Cancer Society finds substantial evidence that lack of adequate health insurance coverage is associated with less access to care
Insurance Status Linked to Cancer Outcomes
Atlanta 2007/12/20 -A new report from the American Cancer Society finds substantial evidence that lack of adequate health insurance coverage is associated with less access to care and poorer outcomes for cancer patients. The report finds the uninsured are less likely to receive recommended cancer screening tests, are more likely to be diagnosed with later stage disease, and have lower survival rates than those with private insurance for several cancers.
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