AARP Bulletin:
"Two years after undergoing a double mastectomy and chemotherapy so
severe she was hospitalized in intensive care for several weeks, breast
cancer survivor Denise Hicks should be following what her doctors call
'the plan,'" which includes additional medications and treatments. But
she can't. "Hicks has health insurance but already reached her coverage
limits. So the CT scan that her oncologist 'strongly advised" months ago
to check a possible recurrence remains undone. … She's also skipping
recommended medications. … Hick's disquieting predicament is not unique.
At least 2 million Americans—roughly one in six cancer survivors—decide
to forgo at least some of their recommended follow-up medical care
because of the cost, according to recent research" published in the
medical journal Cancer (Kirchheimer, 8/27).
This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org
with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser
Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of
the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research
organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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