Cancer care is becoming increasingly expensive and burdensome on patients.
Almost 60% of cancer survivors under the Medicare age report financial difficulty with many taking on debt or entering precarious financial arrangements like credit card debt or payday loans to cope; cancer accounts for 40% of medical campaigns on GoFundMe....
Rural hospitals experience unique issues as providers across the medical industry, and specifically in regards to Medicare Advantage (MA). Plan availability, the structure of available plans, and difficulties with processing payments are all reasons rural health systems are increasingly fighting MA.
A new study by Milliman highlights...