ACA Improved Uninsurance Rates in COPD and Asthma, But Not Affordability
While the ACA effectively reversed coverage losses for patients with airway disease, neither care affordability nor disparities improved for these patients.
While the ACA effectively reversed coverage losses for patients with airway disease, neither care affordability nor disparities improved for these patients.
In part 3 of this series, we interviewed Samuel Cykert, MD, who helped build a system-based intervention to reduce racial gaps and improve care for all patients with lung cancer.
In part 2 of this 3-part series, the recent State of Lung Cancer report by the American Lung Association, which included state-level and national-level data on lung cancer in people of color for the first time.
A sizable body of research has long shown racial disparities in treatment and survival between Black and White patients with lung cancer.