A struggle against cancer becomes a financial worry

“I walked in a person, and out a cancer patient,” my dad said as we filed home. Crossing this threshold, we found ourselves on the other side of medicine — the side on the exam table or gurney, as opposed to the one standing over it. As a physician I was used to the latter. This is my family’s story in our new position, and how the cost of medical care has impacted …

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