{"id":19324,"date":"2021-12-23T10:36:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T15:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19324"},"modified":"2021-12-23T10:36:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T15:36:37","slug":"higher-out-of-pocket-costs-may-sway-cancer-patients-decisions-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19324","title":{"rendered":"Higher out-of-pocket costs may sway cancer patients&#8217; decisions, study says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Nick Moran for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cancer patients who have health plans with high deductibles may\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2787362\">approach<\/a>\u00a0treatment differently because of high out-of-pocket costs, a Dec. 22\u00a0<em>Jama Network Open<\/em>\u00a0study found.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/higher-out-of-pocket-costs-may-sway-cancer-patients-decisions-study-says.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/payer-issues\/higher-out-of-pocket-costs-may-sway-cancer-patients-decisions-study-says.html\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"170\" class=\"wp-image-14818\" style=\"width: 250px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance.png 534w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Nick Moran for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Cancer patients who have health plans with high deductibles may\u00a0approach\u00a0treatment differently because of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,42,12,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affordable-care-act-aca","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-care-general","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19325,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19324\/revisions\/19325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}