Organizations offer free services and goods for patients with cancer.
BY Don Vaughan
PUBLISHED December 05, 2017
A diagnosis of cancer can be emotionally devastating, but the personal trauma seldom ends there. The overall cost of treatment can be equally catastrophic to a patient’s bank account, especially if that person lacks adequate health insurance, analysts report. It’s not surprising, then, that care-related money issues are frequently cited as the primary cause of personal bankruptcy among families ravaged by cancer.
However, these families don’t have to struggle alone, thanks to organizations that provide free or discounted services and goods to patients battling the disease and struggling to make ends meet.
Total spending for cancer care in the United States was estimated at around $125 billion in 2010 and is projected to increase between 27 and 39 percent by 2020, reported Milliman, an independent actuarial and consulting firm, in a 2017 analysis of care costs specific to breast, lung and colorectal cancers.
However, these families don’t have to struggle alone, thanks to organizations that provide free or discounted services and goods to patients battling the disease and struggling to make ends meet.
Total spending for cancer care in the United States was estimated at around $125 billion in 2010 and is projected to increase between 27 and 39 percent by 2020, reported Milliman, an independent actuarial and consulting firm, in a 2017 analysis of care costs specific to breast, lung and colorectal cancers.
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