When Cancer Hits Home

Cancer Doesn't Just Take Hair - It Takes Homes

42% Lose Life Savings

71% more likely to face foreclosure or hardship

2.65x more likely to file bankruptcy

American Journal of Medicine

2.65x more likely to file bankruptcy

71% more likely to face foreclosure or hardship

2.65x more likely to file bankruptcy

vs. people without cancer - Health Affairs (Ramsey et al.)

71% more likely to face foreclosure or hardship

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

liens, delinquent mortgages, repossessions - Cancer Medicine, 2026

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

CURE/ Cancer and Careers survey

$3.14 Billion is paid out of pocket for breast cancer care nationally

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

$3.14 Billion is paid out of pocket for breast cancer care nationally

More than for any other cancer type - Breastcancer.org Cost of Care Report

60% reduce or quit work Cancer & Careers

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

$3.14 Billion is paid out of pocket for breast cancer care nationally

Cancer + Careers, 2022

1 in 3 survivors working at diagnosis were unemployed four years later

40-54% of survivors had to reduce their hours or stop working after diagnosis

Chemotherapy patients were hit hardest - University of Michigan, 2014, cited by Cancer and Careers

40-54% of survivors had to reduce their hours or stop working after diagnosis

- PMC / longitudinal survivor studies

$60K-$183 K

40-54% of survivors had to reduce their hours or stop working after diagnosis

$60K-$183 K

The total allowed treatment cost per patient depending on stage at diagnosis - American Health & Drug Benefits

When Cancer Hits Home

Cancer Doesn't Just Take Hair - It Takes Homes

42% Lose Life Savings

71% more likely to face foreclosure or hardship

2.65x more likely to file bankruptcy

2.65x more likely to file bankruptcy

71% more likely to face foreclosure or hardship

2.65x more likely to file bankruptcy

71% more likely to face foreclosure or hardship

71% more likely to face foreclosure or hardship

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

$3.14 Billion is paid out of pocket for breast cancer care nationally

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

$3.14 Billion is paid out of pocket for breast cancer care nationally

60% reduce or quit work Cancer & Careers

68% of employed survivors continue to work through treatment due to financial pressure.

$3.14 Billion is paid out of pocket for breast cancer care nationally

1 in 3 survivors working at diagnosis were unemployed four years later

40-54% of survivors had to reduce their hours or stop working after diagnosis

40-54% of survivors had to reduce their hours or stop working after diagnosis

40-54% of survivors had to reduce their hours or stop working after diagnosis

40-54% of survivors had to reduce their hours or stop working after diagnosis

40-54% of survivors had to reduce their hours or stop working after diagnosis

$60K-$183 K

40-54% of survivors had to reduce their hours or stop working after diagnosis

$60K-$183 K

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