http://www.moderncancertreatment.com/blog Information about different cancers and treatments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:34:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.moderncancertreatment.com/blog/thyroid-cancer-causes-symptoms-and-treatment.html#comment-4 Ann vine Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:34:21 +0000 #comment-4 The monumental passing of the Health Care Reform Bill has Americans cheering and jeering across the nation. I think we can all agree that heath care did need an overhaul -- rising health care costs and lack of coverage by so many was getting out of hand. For some people with cancer, health care costs and insurance can be matters of life and death. I don't know how many times I have heard patients say "I can't afford this treatment, even though my doctor says it will work" or "I can't get insurance coverage because I was treated for leukemia 5 years ago, but it's in remission". The monumental passing of the Health Care Reform Bill has Americans cheering and jeering across the nation. I think we can all agree that heath care did need an overhaul — rising health care costs and lack of coverage by so many was getting out of hand. For some people with cancer, health care costs and insurance can be matters of life and death. I don’t know how many times I have heard patients say “I can’t afford this treatment, even though my doctor says it will work” or “I can’t get insurance coverage because I was treated for leukemia 5 years ago, but it’s in remission”.

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