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Cancer in America Is Way Down, For the Wealthy Anyway (bloomberg.com)
The good news is that cancer in America was beaten back over the 25 years ending 2016, with death rates plummeting, particularly when it comes to the four most common types of the dreaded affliction. From a report: There's a caveat, however. Those gains have been reaped mostly by the well-off. While racial disparities have begun to narrow, the impact of limited access to treatment for the poorest Americans has increased wealth-based inequality, according to the American Cancer Society's annual update on trends and statistics. "Any time you have a disease as serious as cancer, when you have a substantial reduction in deaths, that's a notable achievement," said Len Lichtenfeld, the interim chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society. "But there are still a lot of areas for improvement."
Health insurance and access to care can be an issue in some poor and rural portions of the country, where there are higher death rates of colon, cervical and lung cancers, according to Cancer Statistics 2019. While poverty was actually associated with lower rates of cancer mortality prior to the 1980s, that trend has since reversed, due in part to changes in diet and smoking as well as screening and treatment rates, the health organization said.
Health insurance and access to care can be an issue in some poor and rural portions of the country, where there are higher death rates of colon, cervical and lung cancers, according to Cancer Statistics 2019. While poverty was actually associated with lower rates of cancer mortality prior to the 1980s, that trend has since reversed, due in part to changes in diet and smoking as well as screening and treatment rates, the health organization said.
I am shocked that people with money get better services.
Good old equality, American style. A person shouldn't be blackmailed with their own life.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
The Canadian health care system makes a good enough model for Americans.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
Venezuela? Nah. Sweden. Germany. France. Austria. That's more like it.
I know Venezuela is the poster child for "socialism" for the "I got mine, screw you" crowd, but from over here you look like some sort of one-joke clown.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
How about due to increased cancer tests and screening of the workers? Also wondering if cancer gets you reassigned out of that area. The radiation released (unless the is an accident) is lower than natural sources so I don't think it is possible this is a direct result of radiation.