Three years after her stage four cancer diagnosis, Brittany Lewis has surpassed the median survival rate for glioblastoma, a highly aggressive type of brain tumor.
Her diagnosis and treatment, however, came with a five-digit price tag that has added financial distress to a mentally and physically challenging prognosis.
“Financial problems are not something you want to have, especially in the midst of someone telling you you have six months to live or, yeah, you have about 18 months to live,” she said.
In Texas, about 10.7% of adults — about 2.3 million people — have medical debt, according to the health policy nonprofit KFF. Nationwide, around 20 million people — 1 in 12 adults — owe…
