Surely if a kid with cancer doesn’t have health insurance, there is somewhere to go for treatment, no?
Yes, ST JUDE’s Children’s Hospital. It is totally free. They even take children from other countries FREE. It is one of the few orgs we donate to. I’ve watched it grow from a mid size research hospital to a huge one taking up a full block just in Memphis alone.
But that eliminates adults. And like with my Barrett’s that is a per-cancer that has to be monitored regularly with biopsies. I have 2 sets of cousin’s who inherited a Breast Cancer Gene, they all get gene tested young. And start Mammo’s much younger than the usual 40. 2 Aunts-(sisters) married 2 brothers, gene came down the MALE line very usual. BC is hit and miss but each girl will carry the gene and pass it to the next generation, they are on the GGrands side now.
Our best friend who died 2 yrs ago of a massive second heart attack, had 15 cancer surgeries of the bladder burning off the cancer growths. And in a male that is not easily done. There are no meds to prevent it only surgery to control it. He had Tricare Life and his wife BC/BS from her job she kept up after retiring. He was a Ret 20 yr Navy Chief who worked 20 yrs after Military but no pension for it.