Sunday, October 4, 2009

In the USA do you have to pay for your cancer treatment

In the USA do you have to pay for your cancer treatment?
I'm from the UK and our NHS provides treatment through the payment of taxes, I was just wondering if you guys had to pay, and how your system worked? Excuse my ignorance, I'm 16 and want to learn about these kind of things.
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Yes :(
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yes , yes you do . I know EXACTLY how you feel ! i'm from Canada ~still living there~ , and everyday , i wonder what kind of cruel,evil people out there would make you pay for something you might die for . Like seriously , how do hey pay for it if they have cancer ? What if they are poor ? And can't afford to pay for these kind's of treatment . It's very sad thinking how people arre like this . Dont YOU think ? and when i grow up , i will do something to stop this ! I will try and try , until it would be free ! all over the world . ^.^ . just like XxX- Martin L. King did !-XxX blue bird: Yeah , you are right , i will start a campaign at my school for this . something so little , could turn out to be soo big! thank youu !
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That is why Pres. Obama just got a health bill passed requiring all americans to buy health ins. If they cant afford it the government will buy it for them like it already does through Medicaid/medicare. If you have no money in the US and are out of work the government will provide very good basic medical coverage called Medicaid.
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2ND ANSWER I COMPLETLY AGREE . WHY WAIT WHEN U GROW UP DO SOMETHING NOW
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You're not ignorant,you just didn't know. You better believe we have to pay for it! If you have a steady job ,working hard to make a living you pay for everything. If you're from other countries you have it made,come to the usa,work,send money back home.I had a man tell me once he came here and is working,and he is ten yrs younger than myself.When he retires he can go back where he is from and live like a king.Luckily, I had a cancer policy which paid for my chemo but I had to pay other bills.
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The majority of people in the US have health insurance provided through large group plans at their place of employment. Employers offer workers 'benefits' to come work for them which includes different types of health care packages, bonuses, and/or retirement funds. It is just a small minority of people . . mostly those who for different reasons are not employed. When you are unemployed, self employed, or employed by a company that does not offer health insurance benefits than most people can not afford to pay for their own private health insurance. These are the people you hear about in the news . . the ones who fall through the health care cracks . . they can't afford health insurance (which can be around $500 a month or more). There are programs in the Federal gov and State gov that will cover the low income patient . .but there is nothing to help out the self employed or person with a modest income but no health insurance. These people must pay full price for their medical care. Most of them will not buy health insurance because it is too expensive and as long as they don't get sick or get in an accident than they are fine . . it is when they get a major disease like cancer or break bones or need critical medical care that there is a real problem with 'paying for their health care'. Those are the people the US needs to find an affordable plan for (an example would be my oldest son who graduated from college, was hired by a company before he left school but would not start work for four months . . he was no longer covered under our families health insurance because he was too 'old' and he had no health insurance coverage until he actually started to work. So he went without health insurance for that period of time. But what can happen is that those people who do graduate from college and cannot find a job . . do not qualify for low income and cannot find affordable health insurance either. But once they get a job they are usually covered. So . . what you need to know is that the overwhelming majority of people in the US are covered under health insurance. Their health insurance pays in many cases up to 100 percent of their health care costs for any major medical crisis and/or pharmacy . . it also pays for routine eye and dental care in some policies. There are wide ranges of offerings depending on the employer. The very poor people are covered under Federal medical programs such as Medicare or Medicaid. And children and the elderly are also routinely covered under these programs. The people who are not covered at all tend to be the unemployed, the self employed (fisherman, loggers, independent laborers) and/or people employed by small businesses who can not provide adequate health insurance benefits. As an example, we have family medical insurance coverage under my employer . . my son had cancer. His entire medical care was completely covered by our insurance (they were a pain to deal with but they paid every rotten dime) . . his bills totaled over a million dollars and we probably paid less than a few hundred for what is referred to as 'co-pay' and 'deductibles'.
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No unless you are poor then you get everything for free. As a women you should look into the susan komen fund. They are a $5.5 billion dollar charity dedicating to raising 'awareness.' Im thinking with all that money they should help with your cancer treatment instead of setting up little jogs in the park for fat women to do.




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