{"id":1552,"date":"2015-02-06T03:10:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T08:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2015-02-09T15:25:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T20:25:06","slug":"is-the-price-of-cancer-care-killing-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/is-the-price-of-cancer-care-killing-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Price of Cancer Care Killing Patients?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1553\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MP9102163731.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1553\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MP9102163731-250x150.png\" alt=\"Stack of Money\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is the price of cancer care too high?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/default.aspx#sthash.IwcySbj0.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Fighting cancer<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> involves full concentration of a patient&#8217;s physical, mental and emotional resources. Keeping a positive frame of mind is one of the most effective weapons in the battle. Sadly, patients are increasingly distracted by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/well.blogs.nytimes.com\/2014\/12\/11\/the-punishing-cost-of-cancer-care\/?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">concern over the financial toll<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> of their survival.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s not unusual for a full round of chemotherapy to cost $100,000. Medication can run into the thousands just for one month&#8217;s supply. Considering the fact that these treatments are only a fraction of the total medical care required by cancer patients, it&#8217;s clear that the dollars involved go well beyond any investment undertaken by most people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We consider life to be priceless, but cancer patients are forced to consider the literal value of gaining an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/29\/the-tough-questions-how-long-will-i-live\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">extra year, month, or even week<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. They conduct a debate with themselves whether or not it&#8217;s worth the gamble of leaving their families with no financial resources.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since not all treatments are covered, healthcare insurance is often only a partial solution at best. Far too many people exist in the grey area where they are above the threshold of qualifying for assistance but not well-off enough to afford the exorbitant costs of medical care.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This quandary also puts healthcare providers in a difficult situation. Not only do they have to weight the risks and benefits of potential treatments, they have to consider the economic hardship they could mean for patients.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our caring staff at Issels\u00ae work with you every step of the way to develop a personalized course of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/issels.com\/TreatmentSummary.aspx#sthash.eL772xfo.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">alternative cancer treatment<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to fit your individual needs. Please contact us to learn more about our services.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fighting cancer involves full concentration of a patient&#8217;s physical, mental and emotional resources. Keeping a positive frame of mind is one of the most effective weapons in the battle. Sadly, patients are increasingly distracted by concern over the financial toll of their survival. It&#8217;s not unusual for a full round of chemotherapy to cost $100,000. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/is-the-price-of-cancer-care-killing-patients\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is the Price of Cancer Care Killing Patients?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[215,259],"class_list":["post-1552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","tag-cancer-care","tag-fighting-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}