The impact of dependent coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act on time to breast cancer treatment among young women.
Xuesong HanJingxuan ZhaoKathryn J RuddyChun Chieh LinHelmneh M SineshawAhmedin JemalPublished in: PloS one (2018)
No significant changes in time to treatment were found among young women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer after the implementation of the ACA-DCE. Future studies examining impacts of health care policy reform on breast cancer care are warranted to include patients from low-income families and to consider effects from Medicaid expansion.