- Cancer is so expensive to treat that 42% of patients deplete their entire life's assets to afford treatment within the first 2 years, according to a new study. Patients faced higher likelihood of asset depletion with worsening cancer, continuing treatment, and increasing age. https://www.amjmed.com/article/s0002-9343(18)30509-6/fulltext 5747 comments science
Linking pages
- The Hidden Cost of GoFundMe Health Care | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/01/the-perverse-logic-of-gofundme-health-care 155 comments
- Opinion | The American Health Care Industry Is Killing People - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/opinion/healthcare-industry-medicare.html 25 comments
- Opinion | A caravan for insulin demonstrates how the American health-care system is failing us - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/18/caravan-insulin-demonstrates-how-american-health-care-system-is-failing-us/?noredirect=on 22 comments
- Losing health care scarier than Trump's caravan election sideshow https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/05/losing-health-care-scarier-than-trumps-caravan-election-sideshow-column/1847778002/ 11 comments