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vlabakje90 a day ago

That overlooks the 27 million uninsured Americans. Uninsured cancer patients are more likely to be diagnosed at a late stage, less likely to receive treatment, and have substantially higher mortality than insured patients.[1] They also have worse survival, even after accounting for cancer stage.[2] So excellent U.S. outcomes among those who access care don't rule out preventable deaths caused by barriers to accessing it.

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25092774/ [2] https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21732

tptacek a day ago | parent | next [-]

No, uninsured Americans are captured in those numbers.

s1artibartfast 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

entirely beside the point.

It is fine to look only at patients with insurance/ access to refute the claim that US doctors dont cure cancer so they can make more money.