I looked in Google Scholar for some more information on how many people had health insurance as well as how many people will get cancer in a given year. The first article I read was an article that provided information about the American Cancer Society’s estimates for the number of new cancer cases in the United States for that year. It shows incidences of cancer by race, site, and ethnicity. It also talked about new cancers cases decreasing since 1990 in men and 1991 in women (Ahmedin Jemal, 2009). It raises the following question, Can this trend be linked to the advances in both medical technology and the understanding the signs of cancer?
The second article I read dealt with income, poverty and health insurance coverage throughout the United States. It provided statistics for specific races in terms of income and number of people in poverty. It also showed the number of people with private insurance plans and those on some form of government insurance, be it Medicare, Military, or Medicaid, as well as those with no insurance. It also gave percentages for races with some insurance or none at all. (DeNavas-Walt, 2010) It raises the question of whether or not President Obama’s healthcare reform will really help or hurt Americans.
Ahmedin Jemal, R. S. (2009, May 27). Cancer Statistics, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2010, from CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians: http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi/content/abstract/59/4/225
DeNavas-Walt, C. (2010). Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States(2005). DIANE Publishing.
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