Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
The financial cost of a cancer diagnosis leaves many patients in poverty
15 August 2019 - When Jane was diagnosed with bowel cancer 12 months ago she knew the physical and mental toll would be enormous.
But it was the financial cost that scared her the most. "Getting sick with cancer is financially devastating," she says. "My original thought wasn't that I might die from cancer. It was, 'How am I going to be able to pay my rent and bills?'."
Jane found the financial stress caused by her illness was as big a burden as the cancer itself.
