Despite the endless rhetoric from United States politicians, the results of study published in the November 30 Annals of Oncology, indicate private and government sponsored health programs have achieved extremely similar results in the reduction of cancer.
In a comparison of public and private insurance and cancer rates, a study of European cancer rates showed marked parity with very similarly constructed reports from the American Cancer Society.
Cancer mortality in Europe, 2000-2004, and an overview of trends since 1975. Annals of Oncology. doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp530
http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/mdp530
http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/..._2007_rev2.pdf
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp?from=fast