Woman struggles with medical bills after breast cancer treatment

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 25 Oct, 13:02 · Archive

Cindy Banda of Texas faces substantial medical bills following breast cancer surgery and chemotherapy.

Cindy Banda, a single mother of six in McAllen, Texas, underwent surgery to remove her right breast at a Houston cancer centre and received targeted therapy treatment. A year after the surgery, she was still uncertain whether the treatment had completely eliminated the cancer, after doctors told her it would be difficult to beat. She experienced side effects from the targeted therapy pill Kisqali.

Banda described her situation as emblematic of a wider problem. Rising healthcare costs leave many American families facing substantial bills after surgery or medication. About half of registered voters said healthcare costs are a major problem for them and their families, up from one-third four years ago, according to a Fox News poll from September.

Politically, the issue appears significant heading into midterm elections, with registered voters nearly twice as likely to say they trust Democrats over Republicans to handle healthcare, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll from the same month.

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• She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the billsCindy Banda faces mounting medical bills after battling breast cancer.News4Jax · 25 Oct, 12:34
• She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the billsCindy Banda faces mounting medical bills after battling breast cancer.Clickorlando · 25 Oct, 12:34

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