Uninsured have lower cancer survival rates

"A new report by a major US cancer charity has found that uninsured Americans are less likely to survive cancer, less likely to be screened for it, and more likely to have an advanced stage of the disease once they are diagnosed, compared with Americans on health insurance."

Amercian Cancer Society complete article, 2007/12/20:
Report Links Health Insurance Status With Cancer Care

National Healthcare - NPR Science Friday report on Candidates

National Public Radio's weekly presentation of Science Friday (12-14-07) talked about the prospects for a national healthcare initiative among the many candidates. There is little to nothing said about this in the national media, so I thought I would share this resource. There are also two websites that were mentioned, offering the proposed policies of the various candidates. You can listen to the radio show in its entirety here, as well as follow links to the guest speakers: http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200712141

The American College of Physicians website reviews 6 benchmarks to help you analyze the health platforms of the 2008 presidential candidates:
http://www.acponline.org/advocacy/election08/?hp

Kaiser Family Foundation offers this analysis of the presidential candidate healthcare proposals here: http://www.health08.org/sidebyside.cfm?CFID=21178786&CFTOKEN=44782304