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We were talking about more long-term illnesses like cancer and the like, not emergency care, in that specific occasion.


To be fair, everyone with cancer dies of it, the rich just generally get to try a few more (mostly unsuccessful) treatment options and extend life a bit (at quite the cost to them).

My sister has cancer, hardly counts as rich, yet she got the chemo she needed. The bills are huge, but so far we have been able to pay them. I'm not closing the door to anything different from what we have, just saying that it's probably not as bad as you might think it is.


To be fair, most people with cancer don't die of it. It all depends on the kind of cancer, but these are the general statistics http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2009_pops09/browse_csr.php?s...




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