Paying for Cancer Care 

Joseph S. Bailes, MD, Barbara Quinn and Malin Dollinger, MD 

Newly diagnosed cancer patients are suddenly confronted with critical questions about their insurance coverage. Paying for medical care is complicated. There is a vocabulary of words
and initials that is confusing even to health
care workers.
    The insurance industry—both public
and private—has its own policies,
guidelines and methods of payment
specific to cancer care. Each company's
rules may be different.