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I actually watch this. I'm in a private group for what is collequally called previvors (specifically Young previvors - though some people have had/current do h
by shanacarp 10y ago
I actually watch this.
I'm in a private group for what is collequally called previvors (specifically Young previvors - though some people have had/current do have breast/ovarian cancer, including a few who are dying of it). I need specialized DNA testing for complicated reasons in my family history for risk assessment. It isn't covered. We have UK and European Members. I see who their doctors ares, what research they publish. I know what they pay. ($0) I know that for patients like me, European doctors are way more proactive, even for joining studies, because they can afford to be.
I know factually that if I were in europe that test would have been done LAST YEAR. Instead I'm still looking around for one doctor outside of my regular provider to do this one DNA test under research protocols.
Doing this one test could potentially save the medical system thousands of dollars. That's what baffles me the most: The insurance companies wants me to use a certain amont of services, but only so much, in the US
It is like they actually don't want me to be healthy - and I am not sure why.