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You've "seen" people die? Under what circumstances?
by gozur88 10y ago
You've "seen" people die? Under what circumstances?
- toomuchtodo 10y agoFriend of my mother's who could not receive treatment for cancer because she could not afford it (Indiana). I'm somewhat surprised you think you live in a country (I assume you're in the US) that everyone gets care regardless of their financial circumstances.
- brokenmachine 10y agoIs there anyone in the US who actually thinks they get good medical care without being wealthy? It's only ignorance that would make a US citizen think that it's better than the rest of the world, except third world countries. Cancer drugs are priced at the maximum cost that the US health system will bear. You can thank your politicians for being in the pocket of the drug companies.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoI have a side hobby (ie no profit) of getting US residents (through word of mouth) treatments in India, Thailand, and Mexico that are anywhere between 1/20th and 1/80th the cost of US healthcare. Not much other choice until more Americans are outraged (versus current apathy).
- brokenmachine 10y agoYes, I should have said all drugs. It's not just cancer drugs that are artificially expensive.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoExcellent point. I have a friend of a friend who needed Hep C treatment. In the US, the twelve week course of drugs costs ~$70K USD. Getting them to India, it only cost ~$6000 ($1500 for the drug, the rest was food/hotel/transport), and they stayed in a resort while going through the treatment.
- gozur88 10y agoIs there anyone who thinks people in another country understand the situation better than the people who live there?
- toomuchtodo 10y agoEveryone outside the UK seemed to understand the consequences of Brexit far more than the citizens of the UK themselves.
- brokenmachine 10y agoThat depends on how apathetic/ignorant the residents of that country are.
- gozur88 10y agoIf she couldn't afford insurance she could have gone on Medicaid, and Medicaid pays for chemo.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoMedicaid has a budget. When the budget is exceeded, you are SOL.