One person had stage 4 cancer another had stage 1 cancer, guess who is still alive and why!
Sean Lewis November 30, 2009 I am speaking from personal experience so this is NOT a story about someone who knew someone. My wife was diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer 6 years ago. I am a stock broker with a high end insurance plan. A week after she was diagnosed she was having surgery. The Primary Cancer was removed and we did on the other hot spots. Within 3 months she had three additional procedures 3 hospital stays and began Radiation and Chemotherapy within 4 Months of being diagnosed. My wife is still alive 6 years after the Diagnosis. Another individual was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in the first stage of development. It took 1 month for her to be scanned for the Cancer and another 2 months before she had biopsies done. 3 months after that she finally had surgery to remove the primary Cancer. When she went back for follow up 6 months later the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes. 3 months later she had surgery again followed by Chemotherapy and Radiation. Within a year she was dead. She had a standard in system Doctor care plan that her insurance company needed to approve all procedures before they could be done and the bureaucracy from the insurance company slowed down her care. Her death was needless and avoidable. She had insurance and the medical care to prevent her death was available. The only reason she died was because of the insurance clerks preventing her from getting the care she needed in a timely manner. My total heathcare Bills were over 1 million dollars, the other individual's medical costs were well below $400,000. It wasn't about the best medical care available but cost containment and return on investment. Premiums paid against medical costs involved. Profits over saving a LIFE! This is the status quo and enough is enough. I think those who are defending the current system should have to rely on this system to keep them alive. Then you will see how fast things are addressed and changed. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
