Posted by ~Alii~ on March 16, 2003, at 21:58:08
In reply to Re: Basic biology blood work for those who may know, posted by Larry Hoover on March 15, 2003, at 10:48:13
> What on earth are you going to do to afford treatment, once the cause of your disorder is discovered?
>Go into debt or in the case of something that would end my dwelling on this plane I would perhaps just choose not to aggressively fight it. Who knows?
> Some of the causes include relatively easy-to-treat infections like tuberculosis. However, there are other difficult-to-treat (read expensive) causes, some of which may be life-threatening in the long run. I'm hoping not to scare you, but aren't there hospitals that have to treat you, regardless of your insurance status? Health should not depend on financial status (an unabashedly political opinion).
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> Lar
Yeah there should be places to get treatment without money but they ain't around here. I'm just coming up with the money for the tests---first round anyway. If/when I might get hospitalized then I begin racking up debt like any other red blooded american. If I'm not well enough to be out of a hospital room then I'm sure I won't be long for this earth. There are no debtor's prisons in America.~a.
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