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The cancer experience can be expensive and financially straining, even if someone has insurance. The compounding costs of treatment, diagnostics, labs, lost time from work etc. can have a lasting impact on survivors long after the cancer has been treated.
CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of The American Cancer Society found that survivors are more likely than people with no cancer history to have money-related problems due to medical bills. Additionally, survivors age 18-49 experienced financial hardships more than their peer survivors.
The most commonly reported financial sacrifices are household budgets, health insurance challenges, career constraints, depletion of assets and inability to pay household bills. We have included resources for each of the aforementioned sacrifices below:
References
https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/cancer-survivors-face-significant-financial-problems.html#citations
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6724195/
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