Oral chemotherapy + anti-nausea pills + seizure medication = $5,000/month or $60,000/year without insurance.With coverage through Kaiser Permanente via COBRA = $60/month or $720/year.I'm lucky to have medical insurance from an old job but some people can't afford to treat their cancer. This makes me sad.
Liz Salmi is Communications & Patient Initiatives Director for OpenNotes at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Over the last 15 years Liz has been: a research subject; an advisor in patient stakeholder groups; a leader in “patient engagement” research initiatives; and an innovator, educator and investigator in national educational and research projects. Today her work focuses on involving patients and care partners in the co-design of research and research dissemination. It is rumored Liz was the drummer in a punk rock band.
