BEING diagnosed with cancer is devastating enough. It is a shock to the system and the race to treat the condition starts almost immediately. But imagine arriving to finally begin your chemotherapy treatment, drips hanging from your body, only to be told by your doctor that your medical aid has not approved one of the two drugs needed to administer the treatment.This was the case of cancer patient Rowena, who appealed to You and Your Money, to find out what one does is this situation.Daniel Vorobiof, leading South African oncologist, says this is quite a regular occurrence and is the result of people not checking the fine print of their medical aid plans. He says this, however, should not stop the treatment altogether."We sometimes have to make decisions and adjust treatments because of the high cost of some medications which are not payable by those funders". This makes it difficult for people to get the best possible treatment because the "state of the art medicine" is not covered...
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