Lack of insurance leads to low survival rates for 16 cancers, research shows

(By Lauren Jensik for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Uninsured patients ages 60 to 64 are twice as likely to receive late-stage cancer diagnoses than Medicare beneficiaries ages 66 to 69, according to research published in Health Affairs.  Continue reading the article here…

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