RCC Charities helps patients undergoing cancer care with financial support
As frightening and stressful as a cancer diagnosis can be, the financial burdens associated with cancer care can be just as taxing. With cancer care costs rising on every front – from diagnostic testing to hospitalization and highly effective medications – many patients simply can’t manage both the out-of-pocket expenses associated with cancer care and their other financial obligations. The clinicians and staff of Regional Cancer Care Associates, one of [...]
Cancer patient thanks RCC Charities for their helping hand with her living expenses
Being diagnosed with and treated for cancer can be one of the most challenging and stressful experiences in a person’s life. Paying for the everyday necessities such as your mortgage/rent, utilities and food shouldn’t be, however. But unfortunately, with the costs of cancer care rising on every front – from diagnostic testing to hospitalization, patient out-of-pocket costs, and specialty drugs – many patients can’t manage the very real financial burdens [...]
RCC Charities helps patients cover life’s costs while undergoing cancer care
The high costs of modern cancer care and patient out-of-pocket expenses for everything from diagnostic testing to hospitalizations, therapeutic procedures, specialty drugs, and more have led many cancer patients to experience a new and equally stressful condition known as ‘financial toxicity.’ “The rising costs of everything recently, including food, utilities, transportation, fuel, etc., have brought the concept of ‘financial toxicity’ more to the forefront than ever,” shared Ethan Wasserman, MD, medical [...]
How you can enable cancer patients in need to eat healthy throughout their treatment
Healthy eating is crucial for cancer patients, but financial pressures force too many of those people to make difficult choices between life-saving therapies and the nutritious food that can help them maintain their weight and energy as they deal with the effects of the cancer itself and of chemotherapy, radiation and other treatments. In fact, a study of 254 cancer patients found that 46% reduced spending on food and other [...]
A Thank-You to RCC Charities from the People it Helps
Frank Gorli during a recent trip aboard Skyland Rides. The Sussex County service is providing he and his wife, Jane, with transportation the Regional Cancer Care Associates office in Sparta to treat his prostate cancer with bone metastasis. The service was facilitated through RCC Charities and cost the Gorli’s $10 per round trip. When Regional Cancer Care Charities opened its doors, the goal was to help families such [...]
Sparta police officers grow out their beards to help Regional Cancer Care Charities
After two months of growing mustaches and beards and maybe even a goatee or two, the Sparta Township Police Department has once again shown its dedication to making a difference. The department recently donated $2,840 to Regional Cancer Care Charities following a successful campaign during “No Shave November & December” to raise awareness and funding. The department’s generosity and assistance will help RCC Charities empower patients so they can concentrate [...]
Regional Cancer Care Charities: Relieving the burden of patients’ nonmedical expenses
Cancer treatment often carries hidden, related costs not covered by insurance. For some people, this means struggling to pay for transportation to treatment facilities, child care, groceries and other nonmedical bills. Patients should be able to focus on their health and well-being while undergoing cancer treatment without worrying about its nonmedical burdens and costs. Regional Cancer Care Charities (RCCC) has been founded to help ease that significant distress so patients [...]