[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

$6200 a year is a pretty reasonable sum to pay for your life.

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I know someone with breast cancer who has paid out of pocket costs, if not $6200 a year, but maybe in that range. (Not to mention various incidental costs of time off work, travel etc.).

I tend to agree with you - she’s $6200 poorer than she o/w would be but she’s alive. And her form of cancer was particularly vicious and only responded to a rare combo of drugs that she got on a study.

What should one’s out of pocket costs be? Zero?

[keepitreal]

What should one’s out of pocket costs be? Zero?

I saw someone beefing on Politico's comment section on a health care article about catastrophic insurance that he shouldn't have to pay to have a mole removed. A mole removed - probably $500 tops. He probably spends more on beer in a year. We have become a nation that thinks that we shouldn't have to work or pay for anything. It is truly disturbing.