"The National Institutes of Health estimates overall costs of cancer in 2008 at $228.1 billion: $93.2 billion for direct medical costs (total of all health expenditures); $18.8 billion for indirect morbidity costs (cost of lost productivity due to illness); and $116.1 billion for indirect mortality costs (cost of lost productivity due to premature death).
Lack of health insurance and other barriers prevent many Americans from receiving optimal health care. According to early release estimates from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey, about 24% of Americans aged 18 to 64 years and 13% of children had no health insurance coverage for at least part of the past year. More than 36% of adults who lack a high school diploma were uninsured in the past year, compared to 23% of high school graduates and 14% of those with more than a high school education. Lack of health insurance is not only a concern of the unemployed; almost one-quarter of employed individuals (aged 18 to 64 years) were uninsured sometime during the past year."
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