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The impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on insurance coverage and cancer-directed treatment in HIV-infected patients with cancer in the United States.

Kelsey L CorriganLeticia M NogueiraK Robin YabroffChun Chieh LinXuesong HanJunzo P ChinoAnna E CoghillMeredith S ShielsAhmedin JemalGita Suneja
Published in: Cancer (2019)
The implementation of the ACA was associated with improved insurance coverage among PLWHC. Lack of insurance still is common in non-Medicaid expansion states. Patients with minority or low socioeconomic status more often resided in nonexpansion states, thereby highlighting the need for further insurance expansion.
Keyphrases
  • affordable care act
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  • hiv infected
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  • antiretroviral therapy
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  • squamous cell carcinoma
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