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Cancer costs for Americans with private health insurance rose after the ACA rollout and fell for those with Medicaid

  • Written by Olajumoke Olateju, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Houston
imageCancer burdens your finances as well as your health -- even if you've got insurance.OsakaWayne Studios/Moment via GettyImages

Low-income Americans ages 18 to 64 with cancer saved about US$1,250 per year on treatment within seven years of the 2014 rollout of the Affordable Care Act, according to my recent study.

Those patients either personally...

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