Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Blair had private health insurance — but his cancer treatment still cost almost $1,000 a week
24 October 2019 - It is Anzac Day 2017, and Blair Meldrum cannot get out of bed.
He never misses the service, but crippling back pain has made moving nearly impossible. And so he schedules an appointment with his doctor.
Less than two weeks later he gets the news: Cancer. Again.
He survived lung cancer in 2008 and then bowel cancer in 2011, but this time it has metastasised in his spine.
Mr Meldrum died on July 25, 2017, leaving behind a loving wife and kids — and an $8,000 bill for treatment his family thought was covered by their private health insurance.
