31–40 of 369 posts
More than 42% of 9.5M people with cancer drained life's assets within 2 years in the US .
Important distinction. Most western countries don't bankrupt you for getting old or sick. Oh boy, did i say something which wasn't Pro-'Merica?
It's such an absurd expense that I wonder if I get diagnosed with cancer, I would just deny treatment, accept death, and hand my assets to loved ones. Not sure if anyone else thinks the same way.
I have family that suffered from cancer and spent a good lot of money prolonging their life by about eighteen months. They were not pleasant months, but I don't think for a second that the family would have preferred to take the lump sum instead.
In short, every decision is horrible.
The most interesting stat I ever heard about Medicare was this: prior to Medicare the number one cause of personal bankruptcy in Australia was medical bills.
So I'm with Bernie on this: health coverage for all is an incredibly important goal.
While we're at it, let's end the monopoly given to drug companies on the sale of pharmaceuticals in the US. You should be able to legally import them from, at the very least, any NAFTA country and any EU member.
This makes me so angry at doctors.
How are these costs the fault of the doctors? I would think the largest blame goes to the insurances and drug makers making billions in profit. At least the drug makers are making something but the insurances are just pooling money and taking of the top for doing almost nothing.
This makes me so angry at doctors.
More than 42% of 9.5M people with cancer drained life's assets within 2 years in the US .
Important distinction. Most western countries don't bankrupt you for getting old or sick. Oh boy, did i say something which wasn't Pro-'Merica?
The upside is that my healthcare expense would drop from about €5000 per year to €500 pear year.
More than 42% of 9.5M people with cancer drained life's assets within 2 years in the US .
Important distinction. Most western countries don't bankrupt you for getting old or sick. Oh boy, did i say something which wasn't Pro-'Merica?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/06/13/why-the-us-has...
This makes me so angry at doctors.
How are these costs the fault of the doctors? I would think the largest blame goes to the insurances and drug makers making billions in profit. At least the drug makers are making something but the insurances are just pooling money and taking of the top for doing almost nothing.
They don't do this because they can't. Insurance isn't the root of the problem they are only a symptom of it. The root of the problem is medical bills. Doctors.
This is honestly one of the things that most stresses me out as I get older. I don't use my insurance much now because I'm pretty healthy, but I know my cancer risk will just go up over time. I've considered that if something like this ever did happen, I'd move to Lithuania and do it there paying in cash over trying to do it in the US system. Universal health care can't come fast enough.