I am interested, amused and sometimes annoyed when reading blogs by cancer patients lately. Most mention, or are consumed by politics. That is understandable! Cancer patients and survivors rely on expensive therapies and tests to help stay alive. I am in the same boat. My expensive (Over $6000 for 21 capsules!) but effective monthly chemotherapy drug Revlimid is a perfect example. Oncologists aren't sure which is best: For me to stay on the drug monthly or to stop taking Revlimid at some point to wait, rest and watch. If my insurance wouldn't cover or stopped covering the cost, I would be watching and waiting! I wouldn't have a choice. I had to fight with Blue Cross/Blue Shield for two months before they would even authorize to pay for the drug. The same drug that saved my live and made the cancer go away, at least for now. Government spends too much money. But it isn't how much it spend that gets everyone all wound up. It is how the money is spent. Our priorities. Well, I know where my priorities are! Better, more reliable and more affordable health care!
Feel good and keep smiling! Pat
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