Medical costs can ruin a family's finances

Nearly 70% of personal bankruptcies can be linked to medical bills and most of those cases are tied to cancer.
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[JackIsNotInTheBox]

When you opt for the best treatment, be prepared to pay the best. Learn when to settle for a lesser treatment.

[JohnnysCafe_]

What if she flew to Canada, Europe or Australia where hospital treatment is a persons right, would she be treated and avoid the massive US costs? On the overpriced medicine can a US patient order the medical pills from a country like Canada or Australia where medicine is subsidized by the government and all thats needed is the $7 cost of prescription?

[ZionBenZion]

This should be a major political, social issue. Shocking that the cost to survive a disease is a million dollars. None of us can pay that. Shocking that this is accepted by the country.

[daver]

Insurance companies SUCK, people say that those big wheels make millions, I had two surgeries in 2017 and am still trying to pay my part of those bills and they say that I do not qualify for medicaid and I am on disability, they are just ripping us off, I will just die from cancer or anything that requires extensive treatment, I just am not going to put my family through that,

[leejeongy]

It makes me think that I’m blessed living in South Korea.