Cancer treatments have evolved; insurance has not

I’m not afraid of much. Ovarian cancer has taught me that I can’t be. I’ve been battling this disease in multiple forms for nearly a decade.

But what does scare me is what I would do without the ability to cover the cost of the medication — what’s known as a PARP inhibitor — that is keeping my cancer in check and sustaining my survival.

Sadly, it’s a dilemma facing far too many cancer patients. I’m not talking about people who don’t have insurance. Even those who think that they have great health insurance face this issue and most don’t realize it affects them until they need treatment.

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