Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for Medicare, according to Stanford study
Analyzing a national cancer database, researchers find a bump in diagnoses at 65, suggesting that many wait for Medicare to kick in before they seek care.
Hasnain says:
This is why we need Medicare for all. And universal healthcare worldwide.
“”Essentially we showed there is a big jump in cancer diagnoses as people turn 65 and are thus Medicare-eligible,” said Shrager, the senior author of the study. The study’s lead author is Deven Patel, MD, a surgical resident at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles who spent a year as a research fellow at Stanford. “This suggests that many people are delaying their care for financial reasons until they get health insurance through Medicare.””
Posted on 2021-04-01T15:38:38+0000