Large decrease in uninsured new cancer patients linked to Affordable Care Act

By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock(Reuters Health) - The number of newly diagnosed cancer patients without health insurance declined by one-third in 2014, which is likely an effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a small study suggests.“Either the impact of the ACA was that people who were now insured had access to screening services that uncovered cancer, or people who knew they had cancer came forward.Starting in January 2014, the ACA - commonly called Obamacare - expanded Medicaid coverage