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!1V6Z4xOlI6 01/02/11(Sun)15:27 No.3436181>"University
hospitals, for instance, tend to give cancer treatment out for free or
reduced costs to children, there are also child health care packages
offered by states which are affordable, backed up with federal dollars,
and can be bought by pre existing conditions, there are OPTIONS
>Thats
the point you don't want to see. YOu want to claim there is no option,
if a kid of a poor person gets cancer in America, they're a dead man.
This is simply not the case. Most kids who get cancer are probably going
to die, which is an unfortunate reality of most aggressive cancers, but
the poor get treated, your, here's that word again, ANECDOTAL CLAIMS
are simply untrue and based on a lack of facts"~Some Anonymous Douchebag
"Over
half of U.S bankruptcies result from out-of-pocket medical expenses,
according to a study published on June 24, 2005 in the journal Health
Affairs. The study, conducted by researchers at Harvard’s medical and
law schools, is based on interviews with 1,771 individuals who filed for
bankruptcy in 2001. Of these filers, 931 cited medical causes for their
financial woes.
The results of the study indicate that an
estimated 1.9-2.2 million Americans (the filers and their families) are
affected annually by medical bankruptcy. In other words, every 30
seconds someone new is forced to contend with the double whammy of
medical and financial catastrophe.
Middle-Class Medical Costs
On
July 17, 2007, Professor Elizabeth Warren from the Harvard Law School
testified before the House Committee on the Judiciary that rising health
care costs are linked to increased bankruptcy rates among the
middle-class. She states that since 2000, “an estimated five million
families have filed for bankruptcy in the aftermath of serious medical
problems. The current health care finance system is bankrupting
hard-working, play-by-the-rules American families.”
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