Lack of Access Could Be ‘Bigger Cancer Killer than Tobacco’ - WSJ

One connection between the rising number of uninsured Americans and the Cancer Society’s mission of reducing the toll of cancer: The uninsured are less likely to get recommended cancer screenings, and more likely to be diagnosed in more advanced, and often more deadly, stages of the disease.

“I believe, if we don’t fix the health care system, that lack of access will be a bigger cancer killer than tobacco,” Cancer Society chief John R. Seffrin told the Times.