The recent ProPublica article, "Big Insurance Met Its Match When It Turned Down a Top Trial Lawyer’s Request for Cancer Treatment," sheds light on the issue of insurance denials for…
Dr. Michael Butkus is Co-medical Director and Head of Proton Physics at the Dwoskin Proton Center at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami/UHealth Medical System; and…
Warrenville, Ill. (WICS) — In the past 3 years, Illinois state leaders and medical facilities have teamed up to bring cancer patients coverage for Proton Beam therapy. This is all thanks…
The cost-value argument for expanding proton therapy coverage It may sound counterintuitive, but evidence suggests proton therapy for some indications costs less in total than conventional radiotherapy. Although the treatment is…
WHAT’S (ALMOST) AS BAD AS BRAIN CANCER? When a Citizen editor’s sister gets glioblastoma, her doctors recommend a cutting-edge treatment. Then she rams into the great American healthcare wall: Insurance.…
Aetna Life Insurance Co. will pay up to $3.4 million to settle a proposed class action claiming it wrongly refused to cover a cancer treatment called proton beam therapy. The settlement,…
The benefits of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are well known by those who enroll in them, support them or otherwise associate with them. Among the top five benefits,…
The land’s been scraped bare, the brick and mortar will come soon. By the start of 2025, Southwest Florida will have its first proton therapy center to fight cancer. Dr. Ari Dosoretz…
Penn Medicine and Virtua Health are nearing the debut of their new proton therapy center at Virtua's Voorhees Hospital Campus in Camden County. The $45 million facility will be the…
Ron Rivera thinks about that day every time it comes up on the calendar. Being told he had cancer is not something he can easily forget. The first thing that…