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Study: Even Sickest with Sound Healthcare Coverage Still Face Obstacles in Paying for It

She’s a divorced 57 year-old female who was forced to step down from her job because of the debilitating side effects from the chemotherapy used to treat her breast cancer. Initially, from the time she was diagnosed, she was able to continue to work as a high powered executive. All of that came to a halt when she stopped working and subsequently had to sell her house in order to meet her co-pay and former employer health insurance costs. Now cancer free — but still needing expensive chemo — she survives on disability income and somehow manages to meet the constant out-of-pocket expenses she now has for medical services outside of her current physician network. Comparing herself to the Bionic Woman, the woman muses, “Sometimes you sit there and think: Am I really worth this?” | LINK | PDF of study here

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