Well, Friends, it looks like I’m about to get more first-hand experience with the US healthcare system. I had a PET/CT scan yesterday, as a followup to one I had a few months ago, and this one revealed that the spot I had on my lung previously has now grown into a small tumor. It’s only one centimeter in size, approximately, but is situated close to my airway, which means they can’t do a biopsy. So we’ll have to pull it out of there before we know exactly what it is.
Fortunately, I’m currently covered by a HIPAA insurance plan – the only kind I qualify for with my medical history. I’ll be finding out soon just how much my $611 per month is buying me in coverage.
I hope I don’t end up adding to the statistics for people who are forced into bankruptcy by medical bills. Remember that a large percentage of such people do have health insurance.
In less than three years I have gone from having no debt, and money in the bank, to being in a pretty deep hole. And now I’ve just gotten my third cancer diagnosis.
Folks, please write to your Representatives in Congress, to your Senators, and to President Obama, and urge them to get some kind of meaningful healthcare reform bill passed.
We have to start somewhere.
