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Man Uses $1m Win To Finally Visit Doctor, Gets Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Dies
RE: Man Uses $1m Win To Finally Visit Doctor, Gets Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Dies
(February 6, 2018 at 9:16 am)Grandizer Wrote:
(February 6, 2018 at 9:07 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: Exactly.  But, according to Alpha, everyone should be able to have like, 10k saved up, just for obnoxious insurance expenses, and if they don’t, then they’re just lazy.  Back in my twenties I had a bleeding ulcer that required a blood transfusion, an endoscopy, and three nights in a hospital bed. My final bill was over 30K.  It’s almost laughable.  Where do you live, Grand?

Damn, sorry for you. That would've really angered me if that had happened to me.

I live in Australia ... where Medicare is actually a thing for young people as well. Sydney, specifically.

Do you find you have trouble getting access to care?
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
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RE: Man Uses $1m Win To Finally Visit Doctor, Gets Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Dies - by LadyForCamus - February 6, 2018 at 9:28 am

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