In pursuit of equity in cancer care: Moving beyond the Affordable Care Act Editorial
| Authors: | Dee, E. C.; Pierce, L. J.; Winkfield, K. M.; Lam, M. B. |
| Title: | In pursuit of equity in cancer care: Moving beyond the Affordable Care Act |
| Abstract: | Although Medicaid Expansion under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been associated with many improvements for patients with cancer, Snyder et al. provide evidence demonstrating the persistence of racial disparities in cancer. This Editorial describes why insurance coverage alone does not ensure access to health care, highlights various manifestations of structural racism that constitute barriers to access beyond the direct costs of care, and calls for not just equality, but equity, in cancer care. © 2022 American Cancer Society. |
| Keywords: | cancer survival; united states; neoplasm; neoplasms; colorectal cancer; breast cancer; cancer screening; lung cancer; editorial; data base; cancer survivor; prostate cancer; health care policy; health care utilization; health insurance; health service; medicaid; patient care; survivorship; insurance; health care system; trend study; decision making; health care delivery; ethnicity; health care planning; health care access; health disparity; caucasian; race; insurance, health; health services accessibility; insurance coverage; ancestry group; patient protection and affordable care act; humans; human; black person; health workforce; social determinants of health; racial groups; health equity; structural racism |
| Journal Title: | Cancer |
| Volume: | 128 |
| Issue: | 18 |
| ISSN: | 0008-543X |
| Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell |
| Date Published: | 2022-09-15 |
| Start Page: | 3278 |
| End Page: | 3283 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/cncr.34346 |
| PUBMED: | 35818772 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Editorial -- Export Date: 3 October 2022 -- Source: Scopus |
