Medical Bill Assistance?

jatj

jatj

I was diagnosed in October of 2020. I had three cancerous lymph nodes and a tumor on the base of my tongue. During surgery they removed the tumor, my right tonsil, and 37 lymph nodes from the right side of my neck. That was followed up by 30 treatments of radiation and one treatment of chemo. Thank God I have been cancer free ever since.

My current dilemma is I have an outstanding balance with my oncologist so they will not see me anymore until the balance is taken care of. Being only a year and a half out from treatment I am still due for many CT and PET scans for a few more years to make sure the cancer hasn’t returned.

Does anyone know of any organizations that help pay your cancer bills??? I work in the automotive manufacturing industry and with the economy the way it has been our work has been somewhat inconsistent over the past few years and I have had to use every bit of my income just to keep the lights on and the rent paid.

Any information is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!!

CSNSupportTeam

Hi Jatj,

Thank you for joining your American Cancer Society's Cancer Survivors Network.

As your question is outside of our scope here at CSN, please reach out to us at ACS's National Cancer Information Center. You can call our toll-free number, 1.800.227.2345, where Cancer Information Specialists are available around the clock every day of the week to speak with you. You can also utilize the Live Chat feature Monday through Friday between 7am-6:30pm CST on www.cancer.org.

Best regards, 

Ken

CSN Support Team

wbcgaruss

That is good advice from the admins, it should give you some resources. Below are a couple of links that may help also.

https://www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care/financial-considerations/financial-resources

And--

https://www.cancercare.org/publications/62-sources_of_financial_assistance

Also if you just search on the internet for "can't pay bills for cancer treatment is there help available" you will find plenty of options.

Take care, God Bless-Russ

jatj

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/comment/1698046#Comment_1698046

Thank you!