The Financial Toxicity of Cancer: Proposed Solutions and Resources
Some of the ways that policy makers, medical providers and patients can reduce the financial toxicity of cancer treatment.
Tag: Drug Prices
Making Healthcare More Affordable: Review of “An American Sickness” by Elisabeth Rosenthal
In ‘An American Sickness’, Elisabeth Rosenthal explains why our healthcare costs are out of control and offers practical steps we can take as individuals as well as a blueprint for reforms.
What is “Step Therapy” and Why Should We Care?
How is the practice of “step therapy” affecting patients?
A New Year: Where Do We Go From Here?
Let’s keep moving forward in 2017 and address health care access issues, including out-of-pocket costs, that are priorities for most Americans.
10 Things We Learned About Progress Against Cancer in 2015
Taking a look back at major stories about developments in cancer research and breast cancer in 2015.
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2014: Where Is Research Headed?
The 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium featured new approaches, including immune system therapies, that could eventually have a big impact on the way breast cancer is treated.
Breast Cancer “Awareness”: What is the Message?
Breast cancer screening has become widespread, but misperceptions about the disease are also common. True awareness, the kind that will lead to action to save lives, needs to start with facts like these.
Why Do New Cancer Drugs Cost So Much?
The newer cancer medications are often extremely highly priced, and covering the costs of care is an increasing problem for cancer patients.
After 20 Years 