"I've been speaking to folks who have had to decide which members of their family are actually going to have insurance this upcoming year, Eaglin said, continuing: I spoke with one woman named Joanna Scott. She was diagnosed with cancer last year. She's living in Texas and yesterday canceled her government insurance because she said her new cost would have been more than what she makes in a month."
"If I don't have my insurance, I literally am going to die this year, Scott said. That's the brass tacks. Unfortunately, I won't be able to afford my medication. I won't be able to afford my treatment. The possibility of the cancer coming back or not being completely gone is inevitable, and I won't make it. Eaglin said that Scott's immunotherapy treatment would cost $20,000 to $40,000 out of pocket each week if she were able to pay it. Nobody can afford that!"
Congress failed to extend Obamacare subsidies before the holiday recess, leaving about 20 million people facing difficult health coverage choices for the new year. Many without employer-sponsored insurance and ineligible for Medicaid or Medicare face immediate financial and medical peril. One Texas patient with cancer canceled government insurance because the new cost exceeded her monthly income and said lack of coverage would likely be fatal. Her immunotherapy would cost tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket weekly. People are overwhelmed and fearful about surviving until Congress returns, and political consequences are predicted if lawmakers delay a deal.
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