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Many people do just that. I would too if I had cancer.
But the cost of cancer treatments far outpace the value of things that they have to sell. I wonder how far in hock your friend is. Surely, when she's through with the fight of her life for her life ,she'll end up declaring bankruptcy to keep the bill collectors off her back.
The links I provide have several stories like yours.. of people who have lost jobs, etc.. and after their treatment is done have wracked up 100's of thousands in medical bills they could never pay.
Guess what happens.. so.. I guess we DO have free healthcare via bankruptcy in this country.
I'd sell everything I owned to fight cancer if I had to and live in a cardboard box (or my car).. but isn't it a sad statement that someone going through something like cancer would have to resort to that!!
My friend is making payments on about $30,000 (Amassed over a 7 year period).
TM.....she won't go on disability....what makes you think she'd declare bankruptsy?
When she's through? If she doesn't go into remission she'll survive only by continuing these weekly treatments.
Is it sad? Yeah...it's sad that a young lady has luekemia.
But, this is her life and she is the most upbeat funny person you'd ever meet. It is what it is.
Volunteers with a group of kids she got together from those she meets at chemo
She's an inspiration.
What so many don't understand is personal pride.
This young lady takes an immense amount of pride in the fact that she has managed to take care of herself.
For her that is accomplishment. It gives her great satisfaction to accomplish what others (like you) see as an impossible task.
There's nothing sad about that.
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If you or your loved one is unable to see a physician due to the cost of care, there may be a local community health clinic in your area. These clinics generally are free to patients or require a very small fee. Find a clinic in your area.
Health Insurance Options for the Uninsured - Advocacy & Legal Resources - American Diabetes Association (http://www.diabetes.org/advocacy-and-legalresources/healthcare/healthinsurance/uninsured.jsp - broken link)
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Thanks for all of these links. Although I still have my Cobra coverage, it's good to know that these clinics are available to me if I ever lose my coverage
I hate to be the one to mention this Greatday, but in the middle of a thread arguing against government provided care, the clinic links you offered mention that they are income-based affordable because they are federally funded.
I hate to be the one to mention this Greatday, but in the middle of a thread arguing against government provided care, the clinic links you offered mention that they are income-based affordable because they are federally funded.
No - that's ok. There are the free - and the income based. But, unlike our State program here that sets a max income for an individual at 9K a year to get the equivilent of Medicaid, the clinics do take people with a much higher family income - one of them is up to, I think 50 K a year.
^^^I would add, even the privately run clinics probably receive federal funds. And those that take higher incomes also charge a sliding scale fee, which as one father told me once, is as high as what a pvt doctor charges at the top of their fee scale.
I agree, some of these sob stories don't hold water. There are resources for people. But all of this free care just costs the rest of us more, in the form of higher insurance premiums, as someone has to pick up the cost. And, there has been plenty of research to document that the uninsured seek care later, when their diseases are at a more advanced stage, and cost more to treat.
Let's remember this: Even under the Obama proposals, not everyone will be covered. He has acknowledged this fact.
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