@cranky_granny, my medical out of pocket costs have been outrageous since my bc in 2020. I have also had melanoma and surgery to remove a couple of those since 2020 as well. Looking at the last few years if I add allied health items as well as everything associated with breast cancer and melanoma (including my medication) my out of pocket costs have been approximately:
$22000 in 2020
$17000 in 2021
$10000 in 2022
$10000 in 2023.
All this on top of my private health fees too. Cancer is expensive in the private health system and if I add the allied health eg physio it has been incredibly expensive for me. All this and of course each of these years I also hit the medicare safety net too.
