Fighting cancer’s ‘financial aftershocks’
July 22, 2019 by Graison Dangor
Twelve days before Christmas in 2014, sixth-grader Lilli Hicks was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, setting into motion a rush of tests, treatments and prescriptions that would consume her family’s life for the next several years.
Nearly five years later, Lilli is heading into her junior year of high school cancer-free. But while the family’s eldest daughter has recovered physically, the Hickses are fighting a protracted battle to restore their financial health. Treating cancer and the unexpected costs that come with it — from parking at the hospital to removing asbestos-laden flooring in their home — put the family about $75,000 in debt, says Lilli’s father, Travis Hicks.
“For three years we hit the maximum out-of-pocket” spending cap in their insurance policy, he says. “We maxed out all of our credit cards.”
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