Employers are working to reduce healthcare costs as they rise, but the pandemic has stalled any major reforms. According to The Commonwealth Fund, healthcare insurance costs  for a family surpassed $20,000 for the first time in 2019 and are up more than 44 percent since 2010, when the average cost for family coverage was $14,526. …

Patients with cancer often face financial toxicity due to the effects of disease on the ability to work, as well as the costs of treatment. According to research presented at the all-virtual 62nd ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition, an intervention to address financial toxicity can decrease mortality in patients with high-risk hematologic malignancy. “Patients with …

Financial toxicity among breast cancer patients is independently associated with worse psychological well-being following a mastectomy or lumpectomy operation. However, even small improvements in financial pressure associated with treatment-related costs can lead to better mental well-being and higher patient satisfaction with breast reconstruction, according to an “article in press” published on the website of the Journal …

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa family is hoping an experimental treatment can help their son defeat cancer for a sixth time. >> Read more trending news Konner Mongar has been battling cancer since 2005 when he was 4 years old, KCCI reported. “Konner’s story is inspiring,” Brandon Thomas, Konner’s brother-in-law, told the television station. “He is the …

Patients aged 70 years or older with cancer may be susceptible to financial toxicity, which is correlated with poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL), according to a study. “Almost half of conversations among patients reporting [financial toxicity] demonstrated costs are being actively discussed. Resources and interventions are needed to manage [financial toxicity],” the researchers stated. They …

While likely well-intentioned, the use of crowdfunding campaigns for cancer care may not actually benefit the patients with the most significant economic need, new research suggests. In fact, the study authors concluded, “By rewarding those with existing socioeconomic advantage, cancer crowdfunding may perpetuate socioeconomic disparities in cancer care access. The findings also underscore the widespread nature …

Ella Wolff was on holiday in Cape Verde in 2018 when the vision in her right eye began to go blurry. When she got back from the trip, she expected to be given a glasses prescription; instead the 25-year-old from Ashbocking, Suffolk, was diagnosed with ocular cancer – an incredibly rare form of the disease affecting just six in 1 …

Nicole Elkabbas used the ill-gotten gains to fund shopping excursions, trips to Barcelona and Rome, gambling, as well as a club box at Tottenham Hotspur football club A mother who faked having cancer and raked in more than £45,000 through a GoFundMe page has been found guilty of fraud. Nicole Elkabbas scammed well-wishers out of …

Nicole Elkabbass is accused of using the alleged ill-gotten gains to splash out on jaunts abroad and tickets to Tottenham Hotspur, as well as restaurants and “heavy gambling” A mum allegedly faked cancer to rake in £45,000 from well-wishers which she then splurged on foreign holidays and trips to Premier League football matches, a court …

Mum-of-three Leanne Towers, 37, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, wired herself up with fake medical machinery to stand up her “wicked” lie about having terminal leukaemia A mum who “wickedly” wired herself up with fake medical machinery as she lied about having terminal leukaemia has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence. Leanne Towers, 37, told …