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For example, the Kaiser Foundation reported that for the second-lowest cost "Silver plan" (a plan often selected and used as the benchmark for determining financial assistance), a 40-year old non-smoker making $30,000 per year would pay effectively the same amount in 2017 as they did in 2016 (about $208/month) after the subsidy/tax credit ...
The extra cost of malpractice lawsuits is a proportion of health spending in both the U.S. (1.7% in 2002) [112] and Canada (0.27% in 2001 or $237 million). In Canada the total cost of settlements, legal fees, and insurance comes to $4 per person each year, [113] but in the United States it is over $16.
From that point on, doctors and patients embark on the long process of therapy, trying to decide the best course of treatment. But while Care vs. Cost: How Much Is Too Much to Treat Cancer?
Pediatric cancer is a diagnosis no one ever wants to receive, and it's increasingly coming with a price tag very few can afford to pay. "That's just it; the price tag is enormous," said Kate ...
The evLYG measures the cost of a treatment per life year gained regardless of the quality of life provided by that treatment. [12] The metric was adopted in response to criticism that the QALY metric was too narrow, and that its focus on quality of life would lead to discrimination against the elderly and disabled.
Health insurance costs are a major factor in access to health coverage in the United States. The rising cost of health insurance leads more consumers to go without coverage [1] and increase in insurance cost and accompanying rise in the cost of health care expenses has led health insurers to provide more policies with higher deductibles and other limitations that require the consumer to pay a ...
[118] Proton therapy is cost-effective for some types of cancer, but not all. [119] [120] In particular, some other treatments offer better overall value for treatment of prostate cancer. [119] As of 2018, the cost of a single-room particle therapy system is US$40 million, with multi-room systems costing up to US$200 million. [121] [122]
Lenalidomide costs US$163,381 per year for the average person in the United States as of 2012. [ needs update ] [ 31 ] Lenalidomide made almost $9.7bn for Celgene in 2018. [ 36 ]