Blog #4

 My brother had the privilege of being able to be treated at St. Judes by some of the nations best specialists with some of the top of the line treatments. The cost of treatment for cancer is unimaginable, but not only for the drugs they use, but if the patient is a child at least one of their parents has to stop working, which lowers the household income and some bills may be unpaid which leads to more issues the family should not have to deal with to a certain extent. With that being said the best part about St. Jude unlike hospitals and clinics ran by the government is that they don’t charge any family for any expenses so they can just focus on saving their kids life. The only way St. Jude is able to run everyday is due to the fact that 75% of all funding comes from private raised funds from donations from everyday people, the extra 25% comes from insurance, research grants, and private investments.