Yet another study has been released this week, finding that cancer patients who did not have health insurance were more than one and a half times as likely to die from the disease.

Reported at the Battle Creek Enquirer, the report found that people without insurance are less likely to receive recommended cancer screening tests, are more likely to be diagnosed with a disease in later stages, and have lower survival rates.

In fact, twice as many uninsured women were diagnosed with late stage breast cancer as those with private health insurance.

As part of its mission to save lives and end breast cancer forever, Susan G. Komen For the Cure is committed to helping the uninsured obtain mammograms to screen for breast cancer and obtain treatment for those who have the disease.

But until all women have access to cancer prevention treatments, and by extension, decent, affordable health insurance, Komen For the Cure will have a lot of work to do to end breast cancer forever.