Cancer deaths cost the US economy $94.4 billion in lifetime earnings in 2015, according to figures from the American Cancer Society.
“The economic burden of lost earnings from premature cancer deaths in the United States appears to be significant,” the American Cancer Society said.
The study estimated that the 492,146 people who died of cancer in 2015 could have lived for a combined total of 8.7 million more years.
Original Article: Cancer cost US more than $94 billion in lost earnings in 2015