Stephan: This report describes a classic example proving the Republican Party has no interest in your wellbeing. I know that sounds partisan, but it is not. It is just a statement of fact, and it describes why the American government is not working to foster wellbeing. In a few weeks, when the Republicans take over the House, I expect we are going to see attacks on Social Security, on Medicare, and Medicaid and the people who voted for Republicans are going to face the possibility that their wellbeing is going to be degraded because the people they voted for don't give a damn about the quality of the lives of their constituents. I wonder what effect that will have on the fear, resentment, racism, and hate of the Republican voters.
Margalie Williams, a cancer survivor, is hugged after speaking during a rally near Jackson Memorial Hospital to show support for the Affordable Care Act on March 2, 2017 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle / Getty
As Congress prepares to boot millions of people off of Medicaid, landmark research published this week revealed that expansion of the government healthcare program—which some GOP decision-makers have blocked in their states—is tied to higher cancer survival for adults under 40.
“Our study shows a survival benefit of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act for young adult patients with cancer.”
“Cancer is a leading cause of death in young adults diagnosed between ages 18-39 years—and it is increasing. Approximately 83,700 young adults were newly diagnosed in 2020,” Emory University noted in a statement about the new study, which was led by researchers at the school’s Winship Cancer Institute as well as the American Cancer Society.
Published Monday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the first-of-its-kind research relied on a sample of 345,413 adults ages 18-39 from across the United States.
