World Cancer Day 2022: Closing the Care Gap
There are many barriers such as cost and disability that come with seeking cancer care? What are some barriers or challenges you have faced in accessing care for your cancer?
Prescription cost being soo high 😔💔 and
Being a young adult and navigating through life. There’s a lot of questions that can not be explained dealing with certain side effects. It’s a lot of if it happens to you then we’ll take care of the issue but not really any warning of the possibility stuff can happen.
I totally understand. Over the past 6+ years, I have gone through so many meds and the side effects have been harder to handle the dealing with the actual disease and treatment often times. I keep you in my prayers! i’m keeping you in my prayers as well🙏🏾💜 Matthew 18:20
I would say it's all the prescriptions and treatments. It's also insurance. You really need to make sure you choose coverage that works with all your doctors, the places you get any form of care & treatment and all possible meds. Let me tell you, I have had some crazy out of pocket expenses for different things at times. Sometimes changing a prescription to another or even something as simple as increasing the amount or dosage will have the insurance company kick it back. They need a Prior Authorization or they will just deny it! And then you are stuck paying the full price and you won't even know until you go to get your meds. I have gone without and endured pain just to avoid this major headache! It's got to get better!!! ~Leya Elijah - Team Member~ 💔 that’s frustrating to no end and the fact that you’ve had to go without and endure pain just to avoid major headaches that also become very stressful. I get it‼️🫂
I would have to say having access to things that are not necessarily a true talking point when diagnosed. The questions or plan of action consists of what treatment you're being put on. I had to find and seek a multitude of areas such as nutritionist, social worker, other specialists that were needed with the care at that time. Many areas are not fully covered and that can be frustrating as not everyone asks certain questions and just follow the course of action, but there's a whole step process, and you just hope that everyone can be on the same page. As mentioned with other moderators the care of cost is never truly mentioned, it's more of what insurance you have and if it's covered- cool, but when you get hidden costs that the insurance doesn't cover for monthly medications, well that adds up.
in my mind I just wonder you pay so much for insurance a month and then they don’t cover everything I find that’s so crazy! Yep, this engine is set up to be more difficult than it has to be, and the sick suffer from the red tape. We all make up our minds in our care, but when those pockets are not filled, some make a way of skipping steps in meds and care. It's a very unfortunate mixture of decisions and actions.
