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They’re in remission, but their medical bills aren’t: Cancer survivors navigate soaring costs
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They’re in remission, but their medical bills aren’t: Cancer survivors navigate soaring costs
- Renuka Rayasam KFF Health News
- May 3, 2026
- May 3, 2026 Updated Jul 28, 2026
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Nearly four years after doctors declared Marielle Santos McLeod free of colon cancer, she has yet to feel liberated from the burden of medical expenses.
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Marielle Santos McLeod (left) is still paying off bills that followed her 2017 colon cancer diagnosis, and she also faces an onslaught of out-of-pocket costs for follow-up monitoring and care.
Gordon McLeod, KFF HEALTH NEWS
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Marielle Santos McLeod feels burdened by the cost of colon cancer treatment, even though she's in remission. She's still paying off chemotherapy bills that followed her 2017 diagnosis, and she also faces an onslaught of out-of-pocket costs for follow-up monitoring and care.
Gordon McLeod, KFF HEALTH NEWS
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Veronika Panagiotou was 25 years old and uninsured in 2013 when she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The hospital treated her, she says, “and sent me all the bills.”
Kara Kenan, KFF HEALTH NEWS
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