Diagnosis of cancer skyrocketing at age 65 means patients wait for Medicare, according to research by Stanford: Economics

“Suddenly, at the age of 65, the AoA growth rate doubled from the previous year”

Main chart

If I get this chart right, if you just take people who don’t have insurance and then qualify for Medicare, you’ll see the numbers even higher.

Paper

(re-post because the previous title edited by me inaccurately and misleading, my errors … diagnoses don’t double, rate of change in diagnoses doubled)