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Omaha Steve

(99,812 posts) Wed May 13, 2020, 10:03 PM May 2020

Study ties 'Obamacare' to fewer cancer deaths in some states

Source: AP

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE

Cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not, new research reveals.

The report Wednesday is the first evidence tying cancer survival to the health care change, which began in 2014 after the law known as “Obamacare” took full effect, said one study leader, Dr. Anna Lee of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

“For a policy to have this amount of impact in a short amount of years” is remarkable, because cancer often takes a long time to develop and prove fatal, she said.

Lee discussed the results in an American Society of Clinical Oncology news conference as part of its annual meeting later this month.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018 file photo, a doctor, center, directs a special camera to look at a patient's tumor at a hospital in Philadelphia. According to research released on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, cancer deaths have dropped more in states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act than in states that did not. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Study ties 'Obamacare' to fewer cancer deaths in some states (Original Post) Omaha Steve May 2020 OP

Meanwhile Dear Leader wants to get rid of it BigmanPigman May 2020 #1

Facts and Science, MAGATS are allergic to both, yes? Ford_Prefect May 2020 #2

all i can say is DUH!!! mopinko May 2020 #3

Let me be the first (and perhaps only) one to say: This is good news! Steelrolled May 2020 #4

Put this under the "duh" category Blue_playwright May 2020 #5

Excellent! I hope Biden campaign can use this as a talking pt. diva77 May 2020 #6

Probably just saved some poor people though? knightmaar May 2020 #7

K&R SouthernCal_Dem May 2020 #8

BigmanPigman

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1. Meanwhile Dear Leader wants to get rid of it

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2020, 10:07 PM

May 2020

DURING A PANDEMIC!!!!!

And his cult, who benefits from the ACA, will go along with the fucking moron, once again voting against their own best interests. Yes, they ARE dumber than dirt!