High-Deductible Health Plans and Mortality Among Cancer Survivors
In this cross-sectional study of nationwide population-based data, HDHPs were associated with worse OS and CSS among cancer survivors. However, HDHPs were not associated with mortality in adults without history of cancer. These data suggest that insurance coverage that financially discourages medical care may financially discourage necessary care and ultimately worsen cancer outcomes.
Authors
- September Wallingford
- Fumiko Chino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0498-488X)
- Ashish Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8334-8552)
- Justin M. Barnes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-0824)
- Meera Vimala Ragavan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8991-0259)
- Pauline Joy F. Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1173-3520)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Piedmont Cancer Institute (US)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
- Georgia Department of Public Health (US)
- Right to Care (ZM)
- Minnesota Oncology (US)
- Winship Cancer Institute
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.56451
- Primary Topic
- Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00