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submitted 11 hours ago by vivalapivo@lemmy.today to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I am not from the US. Had my close relative fight with cancer. If not for the government which sponsored it almost fully, excluding a couple of procedures like PET, it would cost our family a lot. Just for the scale: pial for one infusion of one out of three drugs would cost us $8k and my relative would've needed 16 infusions.

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[-] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 4 points 9 hours ago

In addition, medical costs in the US are higher than many places, because the insurance companies don't have to bargain with the whole nation at once. Even Medicare and Medicaid have historically been prevented by law from using their full bargaining power in some cases.

I don't actually know what happens to medical coverage if you have medical debt. It will eventually go to collections and can be used to garnish your wages, I believe.

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 2 points 9 hours ago
[-] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 6 points 9 hours ago

If your country has a better system, it is because the unions and the left have fought for it. Don't let the Macrons of the world do to you what Reagan did to us.

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

This cannot be screamed loud or often enough!

this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2025
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