Financial Issues

Adolescents and young adults need not face cancer’s financial burden alone.

Charitable organizations offer help to patients who are struggling.

Overall, about a fourth of people have taken measures to decrease the cost of their or their loved one’s treatment — even if that means a negative impact on its effectiveness.

A recent study found that the cost to patients with breast, lung and colorectal cancers treated in the hospital outpatient setting was nearly $8,000 more than those treated in the community setting.

People with cancer have to gear up for the emotional and mental workout of dealing with insurance. Here are some tips for coping.

Ashley Johnson, patient wellness navigator at Charleston Hematology and Oncology Associates, discusses how important it is for the whole health care team to better understand insurance and how patients pay for their cancer treatment.

The newly approved CAR T-cell therapy, Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), is being put on the market with a price tag of $475,000 for a single infusion, which is within the range that oncologists predicted.

Even cancer patients with insurance face difficulties with financial toxicity.

“If you locked everybody in a room for a week, I think we could come up with something that everybody would be comfortable with,” said Blase Polite, M.D., a co-author of the statement, and immediate past chair of ASCO’s government relations committee.

Reforms are needed high up within the drug distribution chain, concluded a panel of pharmaceutical professionals at the Oncology Market Access & Pricing conference held in Philadelphia this week by eyeforpharma.

The new GOP health care bill is causing concern for those suffering pre-existing medical conditions. How will it affect those with cancer?

How I saved big on costly prescription medications for cancer treatment.

The American Health Care Act has been passed by a vote of 217 to 213.

Can President Donald Trump be more successful in lowering drug prices than he was in repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act?

Choosing a prosthesis requires a little work on the part of the wearer. Understanding options is not only helpful, but necessary.

Watching current health care debates, we need to take deep breaths and trust that intelligent, compassionate people will make responsible choices affecting a nation. Writing letters to support our choices can help.