OP/ED: Help cancer patients receive needed treatment

As a pastor, I’m in the business of relieving pain and suffering – both spiritual and physical. And as an advanced stage four melanoma survivor, I understand that it is unavoidable when fighting this disease.

What I can’t understand is when I hear about cancer patients enduring additional unnecessary suffering and delays in treatment at the hands of their insurance company. It makes me angry. I’ve seen it time and time again in the melanoma community. Because of various insurance practices, some cancer patients do not have equal coverage for the treatment their doctors prescribe due to the way those treatments are administered via infusion or in pill form.

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