Cancer Is Getting More Expensive, Forcing Doctors to Take Notice
A researcher looks at a slide of a human colon cancer tumor.
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Gale Tickner doesn’t even know how much money she owes these days -- it could be $100,000, it could be $200,000. With every surgery or unexpected complication, the medical bills for her cancer treatment keep piling up.
Tickner has health insurance, but the numerous copayments for her hospital visits, procedures and drugs over the past year and a half have made her treatment a financial burden.