the high cost of cancer
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/13/cancer.insurance.finances/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
The last few sentences could have been written by me!:
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Leslie Elder says that even if she could afford it, because of her pre-existing condition, she is "uninsurable." Without coverage, she cannot afford follow-up exams for cancer, so Elder has no idea whether her cancer has come back. In a strange way, she says, not knowing is better. "I don't think I could bear to listen to those words again. ... 'You have cancer,' " Elder said. "I've said to my husband, if I start to get sick, just set me up with a nice pill cocktail on a beach, because nobody cares. That's the message you hear every day from insurance companies."
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I've already had to cancel my last 3 appointments to the cancer doctor because I can't afford to go. I have no idea if my cancer has come back. I've already told Steve that if I get cancer again, I'll just curl up and die somewhere because I can't get treatment. I'm still trying to pay off my last treatment!
I don't understand why the public option was taken off the table. A lack of compassion and a total "What's in it for me?" attitude is the only thing I can figure. Most of the people against the public option are Republican and xtian. You know, the people who claim to follow the man who said to Heal the sick. Freaking hypocrites!
The last few sentences could have been written by me!:
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Leslie Elder says that even if she could afford it, because of her pre-existing condition, she is "uninsurable." Without coverage, she cannot afford follow-up exams for cancer, so Elder has no idea whether her cancer has come back. In a strange way, she says, not knowing is better. "I don't think I could bear to listen to those words again. ... 'You have cancer,' " Elder said. "I've said to my husband, if I start to get sick, just set me up with a nice pill cocktail on a beach, because nobody cares. That's the message you hear every day from insurance companies."
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I've already had to cancel my last 3 appointments to the cancer doctor because I can't afford to go. I have no idea if my cancer has come back. I've already told Steve that if I get cancer again, I'll just curl up and die somewhere because I can't get treatment. I'm still trying to pay off my last treatment!
I don't understand why the public option was taken off the table. A lack of compassion and a total "What's in it for me?" attitude is the only thing I can figure. Most of the people against the public option are Republican and xtian. You know, the people who claim to follow the man who said to Heal the sick. Freaking hypocrites!