Hardeep Phull: Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care
Hardeep Phull,
“Thank you to OncoDaily for highlighting my quote on the important topic of Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care, an issue that is often ignored, leading to a vicious, generational cycle of unhealthy medical debt (composed of unfavorable loans, credit card interest, or paycheck advances) for many patients.
Without appropriate education, resources, and advocacy, these individuals are more likely to skip or delay care, present with advanced stages of cancer, accumulate worsening health issues, lose employment, lose social support systems, and most alarming of all, lose a fighting chance to beat a cancer diagnosis with a far lower chance of treatment response and survival.
In addition to identifying resources through patient advocacy, financial counseling, and assistance programs or foundations, patients must be empowered and educated of the rights to which they are entitled: to review bills that are timely, easy-to-understand, and accurate; to ask for adjustments and negotiations of lower prices; to be offered fair repayment plans; to have the opportunity to prioritize and consolidate debts; to lack fear in seeking unbiased and affordable/free help.
Full article at OncoDaily.”
Source: Hardeep Phull/LinkedIn