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Certainly, but the person in the article was a woman with enough savings that she had planned to retire early. If it can hit her that hard, it would be devasta
by cushychicken 8y ago
Certainly, but the person in the article was a woman with enough savings that she had planned to retire early.
If it can hit her that hard, it would be devastating to someone without $500.
- Para2016 8y agoNot really, if you don't have money you likely don't have insurance and you are moved to hospice care. Maybe you can get a round of palliative chemo when tumor burden is high enough to cause symptoms (shortness of breath, gastric outlet obstruction, liver dysfunction, etc). So it's less of a financial devastation and more of a life ending diagnosis. If you have money and insurance then a hospital and insurance company will gladly work together to take what money you do have. Sort of like a chicken wishbone.