Time for action: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion significantly improves breast cancer care for women in Louisiana

Abstract

Louisiana was the first state in the Deep South to adopt the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion. In this issue of Cancer, Chu et al present the positive impact of the ACA expansion on women with breast cancer who reside in Louisiana, including increased adherence to the standard of care and an earlier stage of disease at the time of presentation.