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And if your friend doesn't have good insurance it would mean total financial ruin

• refurb 12y ago
  Or go on Medicaid? Or receive an ACA benefit that pays for insurance?
• strictnein 12y ago
  Which is a different issue than the quality of care. Again, we have some of highest (if not the highest) cancer survival rates in the world, and you're apparently more worried about if he will have to declare bankruptcy. His son living is just slightly more important and with the ACA the chance of him having to declare bankruptcy is significantly decreased.
  • DanBC 12y ago
    The US government spends more on healthcare per capita than countries with "socialised medicine". That funding is skewed to the over-65s on the Medicare system - the group where you see most cancer. That large spend on over 65s is what gives the US good cancer survival rates.
    • dragonwriter 12y ago
      > The US government spends more on healthcare per capita than countries with "socialised medicine". That's true of US public expenditures in total, but that's not just "the US government", it includes healthcare spending by non-federal government entities, as well.