Re:Jump in cancer diagnoses at 65 implies patients wait for ...
by DoreenMichele on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:57PM
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It's more complicated than that.
I was a military wife when I was diagnosed with a serious, incurable condition that is very expensive. Most of my medical care was free. I had the occasional small copay for drugs not carried by the military hospital.
I began getting better by spending $300/month on supplements and making dietary changes.
I was a homemaker, so it "wasn't my money" and my husband wasn't an ass about it, but money was always a sore point and I always felt very aware of some of the psychosocial stuff where everyone not only thought I was kind of a loon for pursuing "alternative" remedies, but I was also "being financially irresponsible" to do so.
I got better. I feel justified. The world continues to call me a loon to my face.
I can't win for losing, but it's made me very aware that if you give free drugs to people, some people will take drugs instead of doing things like eating healthy and exercising.
I was a military wife when I was diagnosed with a serious, incurable condition that is very expensive. Most of my medical care was free. I had the occasional small copay for drugs not carried by the military hospital.
I began getting better by spending $300/month on supplements and making dietary changes.
I was a homemaker, so it "wasn't my money" and my husband wasn't an ass about it, but money was always a sore point and I always felt very aware of some of the psychosocial stuff where everyone not only thought I was kind of a loon for pursuing "alternative" remedies, but I was also "being financially irresponsible" to do so.
I got better. I feel justified. The world continues to call me a loon to my face.
I can't win for losing, but it's made me very aware that if you give free drugs to people, some people will take drugs instead of doing things like eating healthy and exercising.