High-Deductible Health Policies Linked To Delayed Diagnosis And Treatment
“In particular, the researchers looked at the relative effects of such plans on women who have low incomes versus those with higher incomes. Women with low incomes who had high-deductible insurance plans waited an average of 1.6 months longer for diagnostic breast imaging, 2.7 months for first biopsy, 6.6 months for first early-stage breast cancer diagnosis and 8.7 months for first chemotherapy, compared with low-income women with low-deductible plans.”