• By Michael Heimall, President & CEO, HealthWell Foundation  |  Dec 17, 2025

    Breaking Down Barriers to Care

    The end of 2025 is quickly approaching, and with it, the opportunity to reflect on a year in which the health care landscape started to change dramatically, in ways that may have lasting impacts. As I wrote in my November 12th column, health care is becoming more expensive and harder…more.

    Categories: General
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Apr 19, 2023

    CancerCare: Barriers to Proper Nutrition are Both Financial and Physical

    As part of our series on Food and Transportation Disparities, Real World Health Care reached out to Leeann Medina-Martinez, LCSW, CancerCare’s Disparities Program coordinator. CancerCare is the leading national organization providing free, professional support services and information to help people manage the emotional, practical and financial challenges of cancer. We…more.

  • By Patricia Falconer, Strategic Advisor, Atlas Health  |  Feb 8, 2023

    Financial Toxicity Across the Cancer Care Continuum

    Financial toxicity describes the problems cancer patients experience related to the cost of treatment. Medical financial hardship is increasingly common with many cancer patients due to the difficulty of paying medical bills, high level of financial distress and need to delay or forgo care altogether because of cost. The economic…more.

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