Study: Insurance worries loom large for childhood cancer survivors

SALT LAKE CITY — Unlike most young people, 25-year-old Maranda Lebrecht is not in a position to wonder whether going without insurance is a calculated risk that could pay off for her.

Lebrecht, who beat lymphoma four years ago, knows being insured is a must for someone such as herself, who is regularly making follow-up doctor's visits in the wake of her cancer fight and being screened for side effects of treatment.