Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
How much does it cost to have cancer?
14 April 2019 - Out-of-pocket costs are brutal sucker punches for cancer patients. Where do the costs come from? How steep are they? And how are the Coalition and Labor aiming to help reduce "bill shock"?
Labor leader Bill Shorten has pledged $2.3 billion to slash the cost of cancer treatment by offering millions of free scans and consultations.
It's a policy that plays to the heart and the hip-pocket. An estimated 145,000 people will be diagnosed with cancer in 2019. One in two is diagnosed by their 85th birthday.
