Rise in Early Cervical Cancer Detection Is Linked to OBAMACARE

[kpete]

WASHINGTON — Cancer researchers say there has been a substantial increase in women under the age of 26 who have received a diagnosis of early-stage cervical cancer, a pattern that they say is most likely an effect of the Affordable Care Act.

Starting in 2010, a provision of the health law allowed dependents to stay on their parents’ health insurance until age 26. The number of uninsured young adults fell substantially in the years that followed. The share of 19- to 25-year-olds without health insurance declined to 21 percent in the first quarter of 2014 from 34 percent in 2010 — a decrease of about four million people, federal data show.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/health/rise-in-early-cervical-cancer-detection-is-linked-to-affordable-care-act.html?smid=tw-share

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2471561

[Warren Stupidity]

1. I knew it. Obama is giving women cancer.

But I expect this argument will appear soon enough from serious people.

[still_one]

4. That is the first thing that came to me what the republicans would about it.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

2. Did recommendations change for how often women should get pap tests?

I used to get them annually, but the last doctor I had said every 3 years. That seemed kind of weird to me. I recently learned that someone I went to high school died of cervical cancer at the age of 30. I would think decreasing the frequency of the pap test would result in more cases of cervical cancer being found in late stages versus early stages, but then again I'm not an oncologist. Perhaps it takes a long damn time for this cancer to take hold and progress. Has anyone else been told this or know anything about why the doctor would say every 3 years? I am in my mid thirties by the way. I'm thinking I might just get them annually anyway. I have insurance that would cover it, so I don't understand where the recommendation is coming from.

[treestar]

8. My doctor told me the same

but it is not the same test - it is much more accurate than the old ones that had to be done every year.

[sufrommich]

3. Cervical cancer is preventable with a vaccine .

My niece was 13 when she was vaccinated and all preteen girls should get it. Cervical cancer could disappear in a generation.

[still_one]

6. That is true. The vaccine and its boosters are not cheap, but the ACA should cover it for those in

the correct demographic

[sufrommich]

7. I think the ACA does cover it. nt

[mountain grammy]

5. Well, it's just women, so who cares?

Not even in the same universe as impotence. Repeal the vile law!

[Scurrilous]

9. K & R