Programs that offer financial assistance and transportation as well as grants that help cover expenses are among the key strategies that can help reduce the financial stress of breast cancer care.
In Indiana, the cost of untreated mental illness, including direct healthcare, non-healthcare, and indirect costs, totaled more than $4 billion in 2019, which represents 1.2% of the state’s GDP that year.
By capping Medicare out-of-pocket expenses at $2000 a year, the Inflation Reduction Act will allow more patients with heart failure to access lifesaving treatments, cardiologists say.
The financial burden of hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer, is high for Medicare beneficiaries in the first year after diagnosis.
Mark Cuban has launched a discount pharmacy offering generic drugs at a substantially lower cost than current retail pricing, and currently has several cancer drugs in the formulary.