Uninsured cancer patients will die more quickly…duh

Uninsured cancer patients are nearly twice as likely to die withinfive years as those with private coverage, according to the firstnational study of its kind and one that sheds light on troubling healthcare obstacles.  People without health insurance are less likely to get recommendedcancer screening tests, the study also found, confirming earlierresearch. And when these patients finally do get diagnosed, theircancer is likely to have spread.  The research by scientists with the American Cancer Society offersimportant context for the national discussion about health care reform,experts say _ even though the uninsured are believed to account forjust a fraction of U.S. cancer deaths. An Associated Press analysissuggests it is around 4 percent.

Source and more:  Houston Chronicle/AP, http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5393027.html
The article will eventually be accessible at http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/