I just got through adding up all the out of pocket expenses we had last year, as a result, mostly, of my treatment for atrial fibrillation, including a Cardiac Catheter Ablation. We spent well over $13,000, over and above the $13K we'd spent on our health insurance policy.
I'm sorry Kate and her family are dealing with these issues, but socialized medicine won't solve it, because all that will do is cause her to have to pay MORE in taxes from whatever money she ends up making, so she'll have even LESS take home pay, and even more nightmares in trying to deal with the government health care bureaucracy. Not to mention the fact that with government run health care, her husband and daughter might even be denied treatment, because of their pre-existing, hopeless conditions. I wonder what she'd think about that?
If we got the government OUT OF THE HEALTHCARE business you would be surprised to know how much better everyone would be! It would cost so much less too!
Once the government sticks it’s nose and finger in something it’s going to be screwed up...guaranteed!