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The Financial Burden of Cancer: Are you willing to share your story?
Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Jun 14, 2023 | Replies (56)Comment receiving replies
Financial burden is a serious side effect of cancer treatment, one that doesn't often get openly discussed. So thanks for this topic! I'm sure my story is one OF a million others. So far I've been blessed with only having to endure the income loss that comes from unexpectedly early "retirement" and Cobra insurance premiums after being diagnosed with a cancer that at this time is not curable, but thank God is manageable. But soon to be 65, I'm looking into Medicare and I'm very concerned about spiraling costs. Of special concern is post transplant meds, and sadly, my husband has just received a cancer diagnosis too. Our future is uncertain on so many levels. My heart goes out to everyone facing these battles, and paying emotionally, physically, and financially.
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@katyrae Your story is one of so many, as you said. But, it does help us to hear these other stories, and how people have coped. My husband had a transplant 5 years ago, and under his old employer's insurance, ongoing medications were a piece of cake. Moving to Medicare, he got sticker shock! I was able to gently remind him, he never understood how good he had it under the group insurance! When I first became eligible for Medicare, an advocate with the Area Agency on Aging encouraged me to think to the future, and get a PPO supplemental plan plus encompassing prescription plan. I followed her sage advice, and have seen my health issues multiply [failing kidneys plus blood cancer] but costs are still manageable at this time.
Ginger