Figure 1.

Smoothed quarterly insurance rates for young adults aged 18–25 and 269-29 at cancer diagnosis are shown from 2007 through 2012 according to data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program. Insurance status defined as the primary insurance carrier or method of payment at the time of initial diagnosis or treatment (categorized by SEER as uninsured, Medicaid, insured-private insurance, insured-unknown, and unknown). Insurance status is obtained through medical record review by each SEER registry, was abstracted at time of diagnosis. The top panel displays the trend in the percentage of young adults with cancer with any type of insurance coverage at time of diagnosis (including private, Medicaid, insured-unknown primary payer). The bottom panel shows the trend in the percentage of young adults with cancer with Medicaid only.