Wednesday, September 6, 2017

COSTS OF CANCER


How could I sell this house and lose this tree?
Especially when I can remember this lady being there.

As if getting cancer is not painful enough to the body and spirit, when it happens you get whacked in the wallet, too.  Copays, deductibles, medicines, etc., are compounded by lost income.  Your hard-working public servants at the NCI refer to this as “financial distress” or, in more extreme cases, “financial toxicity”.  The bottom line is that living can cost you a lot more if you get cancer.  See below:


The obvious moral here is – don’t get cancer.  But since that can’t be guaranteed, maybe we ought to look into reorganizing our health care system.
  

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