Monday, April 20, 2009
With Son in Remission, A family looks for coverage
I read an article from the New york times about a family who was struggling to support themselves and their medical bills. This family has a 21-year old son that metastatic testicular cancer. He has now been in remission for a year, but they have worries of it coming back. He has had four operations and stem cell research done. The mother Danna Walker lost her job back in October and loses insurance benefits shortly. They have there own medications they need between her and her husband. Let alone her son that has a couple CT's that cost $3,000 and X-rays run $1,000! They are trying to find money to support there insurance by pushing back house payments and even utitlities. This story is like many other americans that have been laid off and looking for health care. We lose everything just to support a medical disease we can't help? I wish we could do more to save families like these.
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That story is horrible. Sad thing is hospitals don't care if you can't pay they just want their money. So many people are without healthcare insurance because they can't afford it either. What can we do about it? I have been without insurance for over a year and my medical bills just keep racking up. I pay what I can and that's all anyone can do.
ReplyDeletewow this is sad but unfortuantely this is what us as americans suffer with on a daily basis yes i have health insurance but i dont use it but like they say the minute you get rid of it is when you need it. I do feel bad for this family to bad there isnt more we can do to help them but with the economy how it is i really dont think there is much we can do.
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