Cancer insurance

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...low prices (e.g., corn), yet health care procedures are not subsidized and prices are much higher than they should be? The only subsidies are going to private health insurance companies to maintain their profits--not to make the cost of health care low like they do with unnatural GM foods that cause allergies, genetic defects and mutations, digestive problems, and even cancer!

In November of 2007 I was diagnosed with HPV and the doctor found cancerous cells on my cervix. I was covered under insurance at the time, but aged off my parents insurance during my pregnancy (I found out I was pregnant the same day as my diagnosis). I was told that we would repeat the pap at 6 weeks post partum. After I was dropped from insurance, I went on state assistance and my pregnancy and daughters birth were covered by Medicaid. I had complications with my doctor and scheduling and went to one post partum appointment but we didn't get the chance to do a follow up for the cervical cancer. I was told to watch for abnormal bleeding and pelvic pain (although, she said, at that point the cancer would have progressed, if I were having actual symptoms.) I am still not covered under insurance, however, the pain in my pelvic region has steadily gotten worse and I have been experiencing bright red bleeding unrelated to my period. I have no clue what to do. I can't afford cancer treatments. I know I'm jumping the gun, but I'm terrified of what I'm going to lose if my worst gut fears are in fact true. I'm overwhelmed with stress and uncertainty and I don't know where to turn. Keep in mind that if I go and have this diagnosed and it is actually cancer, I will have no chance in HELL at getting any sort of insurance to help. I know this is serious. I know yahoo answers isn't the appropriate forum. I just don't know where to turn. Please Help No- I did not have a pap at my post partum appointment. I delivered my daughter via c-section (she was unable to turn), so the appt I had at 2 weeks post partum checked basically my abdominal healing and that is about it.

It seems we have to pay what the insurance companys want or we don't get the medical treatment that we need. Cancer is the biggest in our family. We have received help threw our insurance company,but, we've paid more for it. So I understand what people are talking about. How do you feel about our health care prices with our insurance companys?

Hello, My father received a free pair of dentures years ago (about 12 years) after losing his teeth while he battled cancer. Now he is constantly complaining on how it hurts his gums and it is extremely difficult to chew and eat. He has had cuts and some aggravation on his gum due to the dentures. As gas as health insurance I believe he has medicaid or medicare...maybe both. I was wondering if there was a program that would pay to have new dentures built for him. He lives in the state of NJ if that makes any difference. Also, even if he has to make a co-payment or pay a partial amount I am willing to pay for the costs. If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated. He has been through tons of stuff and he really needs this. Thanks

I'm a dependent about to graduate college, and I had cancer two years ago. I'm fine now, but for the life of me I cannot find health insurance that I can afford. If I can afford the monthly payment, the plan is garbage with crazy deductibles and horrible doctor networks. Yes, this is my states "high risk pool" health insurance to boot. I'd love to find a job with health benefits, but this is not an option considering I can't force an employer to hire me. Anyone have any suggestions?

Because I have cervical cancer and I just got home from my PET scan. They forgot to give me the 2nd cup of barium and by the time they noticed they said it was too late. I was given the PET scan after 1 cup of barium, and IV of the radioactive stuff, then a long wait...and then I was scanned. What's the purpose of drinking the 2nd glass of barium? Is it going to affect my PET scan results? And since my insurance company isn't going to pay for another PET scan anytime soon should I be fighting the hospital on this one? I had to miss a whole day of work, stress, anxiety, lack of sleep, clausterphobia, and everything else to get this stupid scan to tell me if my cancer is finally gone and I think they may have really messed it up. What does the 2nd drink of barium do? How BIG of a mistake is this and what would the consequences of this mistake be? Thanks in advance! :)

You know how it goes... First you drink some nasty barium milkshake thing... Then you get an IV of radioactive stuff... Then you are SUPPOSED TO drink another nasty barium milkshake... Then you drink a little tiny bit right before the scan... Then they ask you to go to the bathroom... And then you are strapped on that gurney thing and given the scan, WELL...I just got home from my scan and I am a little concerned. I was never given the 2nd barium milkshake or last sip before the scan. The guy who came in to get me to go get scanned in the machine asked if I was done with my drink and I said yeah, but I think it's time for the 2nd one. He told me that it was too late for that, but it would be fine. It seems to me that there's a specific reason that you would be asked to drink 2 of them not just one...and it seems to me that I was NOT properly prepared for the scan. Now since I have been told it is not going to affect anything, I am really confused on what to do. This scan is very critical to me. It determines if the speck of cancer on my PET (2 mos ago) is there still or growing, in which case the issue would be addressed and analyzed to find out if that is inflammation, infection or cancer. What should I do? My insurance is not going to pay for another PET unless absolutely necessary but I assume if my hospital messed it up then they would have to repeat it at their expense. Is the mistake they made a crucial part of a PET scan? What will not having it cause to happen? Thanks! Yeah for being the "Top Cancer Hospital in MI" and known worldwide, they sure have made a lot of mistakes. I said after the first mistake that I didn't trust them, and that was after messing up my egg cryopreservation and causing me anywhere from 10-15 eggs, I only ended up with 4 viable eggs in the end. I didn't have time for another IVF cycle and had to start treatments immediately so that really screwed me over. Then they mis-read my MRI and misstaged me as 1B instead of 2B...and now they mess up my PET scan...at what point do I give up on this "top hospital" and go somewhere else?! I think I'm about there. Anyways the upper portion is not as critical for me, it's my pelvic area that needs to be seen for the most part. But still very angering that I just spent a whole day off work, getting an IV and poked for blood and had to overcome my clausterphobia. I think I'm about done with this hospital. I am really fed up and I think its a matter of time before another mistake happens :/ Yes Panda I called the oncologist a few mins ago as soon as I got home. It's already 5 PM though so I won't hear back until tomorrow if I'm lucky.... But they told me I was supposed to have both cups of it, but they forgot. They said it "should be ok anyways" but I just want to make sure it really is OK and that I get the most accurate result. Its reassuring that your son didn't have more than 1 so maybe thats not completely necessary..I hope they (and you) are right. Oh well guess its a little more waiting and crossing my fingers!

Let's look at an example. Bob has a job. He has health insurance. He gets cancer, and his insurance company pays for his tens of thousands of dollars worth of treatments. The economy goes south, Bob gets laid off. He has to choose between health insurance and losing his house, so he obviously needs to stop the insurance. Later, Bob gets re-hired, and despite the fact that he can afford insurance, he can never get it again, because he has a pre-existing condition. But no, we need LESS government regulation of the insurance industry. LOL!

This still doesn't help those of us who are uninsurable through pre-existing conditions (mine was cancer at 14). How do I get insurance when the companies think I'm a liability?

In his latest Obamacare speech, he said that we needed a healthcare system that works better for the American public than for the insurance companies. Think about that. It almost made me throw up on my tv set. If someone operates a business that works better for the customer than for the business, then that business cannot make a profit and it will fail. Example. When you go into McDonald's for a shake and fries and the product costs $1.50 to produce and they sell it to you for $4.00, they have made a profit of $3.50. This is to the obvious advantage to McDonald's and not the customer. The only way for the purchase to be to the customer's advantage is for McDonald's to sell the product for no more than the $1.50 it cost to produce and the restaurant would have no incentive to stay in operation. The only way that it would make sense would be for a collective ownership of the restaurant in which there would be no profit motive. (Public Option Anyone?) So it should be obvious that Obama is advocating Socialism. Right? For you weak minded libs, a business including a health insurance company must operate to the advantage of the business and not to the advantage of the customer, otherwise this leads to socialism. And the speech was rebroadcast on the socialistic PBS Newshour, using my tax money to spread this collectivist cancer that will destroy the American way of life. They must be stopped.

My friend had a resected bowel in January 2010 due to precancerous cells found during a routine colonoscopy in November 2009. She is 50. They said it was between a Stage 2-3, but because she is a non-smoker, that drops it to a Stage 0. She is not tolerating the procedure of her chemotherapy very well (air passages closed briefly in cold weather) and is wondering if she even needs it! Any suggestions for her?

I'm 22, and went to the gynecologist for the first time ever about a week ago. I shouldn't have waited so long, but I didn't have health insurance for a long time. Anyway, I just got a message from her saying that my pap test came back abnormal. It showed inflammation and a low-grade lesion. I have been having pain during intercourse for a couple years now, and now with these results on top of that, I am concerned it could be cervical cancer. I'm going back for more testing in a couple of weeks, but I can't stop worrying, and am wondering if anyone has had experience with abnormal paps or knows about anything that can cause lesions and inflammation.

I am Barbara Lesnicka from Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Heights. I am doing an assignment for political science, and I was interested in asking you a few questions of interest to me to maybe, hopefully be able to improve the state of our country. I would please ask that you reply as soon as possible, if that could be arranged. 1)Starting with insurance policies, I have All Kids insurance, but it expires when I turn 19 in August, is there any way of extending that insurance for full time students? 2)Is there any possibly of continuing the Map Grant, this semester, because I was informed it will no longer be used in the scholarship process for students? 3) I used to play sports at Kennedy High School, but we were a bit poorly equipped; can the state provide more money for athletic programs in public school? 4) What is your stand on the new healthcare plan, which is supposed to support us under our parents insurance until 26? 5) What is your stand on the War in the Middle East? 6) Back to the insurance question, I would like to know if the All Kids Plan should be extended for children and teenagers with a disability, i.e. diabetes or cancer, because once it runs out then from the hospitals they will receive tremendous bills, but since it’s harder to find work or cannot work, where would they be? 7)My old grammar school, now has a booming rate of barely flourished teenage girls pregnant, how could the problems b e resolved, to bring back abstinence or to help them if they do get pregnant? 8) In class we were discussing young girls having abortion, without parent consent what is your standpoint? 9) What is your view on red light cameras? Should we have more or less? 10) Can the government provide even more money for colleges and students?

This policy is about 18 years old and recently an agent was out to update the policy and i am not sure any changes were made as it would have been very apparent that this person smokes now. Since then they found out they are dying of lung cancer should they notify the agent that they are a smoker even though they are already dying? There is no current dec page stating if that was changed or not. Can the policy be voided?

For someone who has a serious health condition and has no insurance. Husband is 44 and just had his second heart-attack. Along with the heart-attack they found out he has Aortic Stenosis. He has very poor dental health do to some prior cancer treatments, wich contribute to heart problems. They tell him now his dental health is a must for his heart, as the continuous infections can be deadly for him. Iam only one working right now and we have no insurance, any help getting more info would greatly be appreciated.

I recently moved from DC to LA for a new job. My medical insurance doesn't kick in until I've worked there for 90 days. Before I left my old job, I looked into COBRA, but after seeing the rates I decided take a calculated risk and go without insurance for the 3 month gap. I've been at my new job now for 60 days, and for the past 3 days I've had a dull pain in my left eye. Not something on the surface, but inside my eye, or behind it. Definitely something that I need to check out, so I just made an appointment with an ophthalmologist. My question is this: if the doc finds something not good...worst case scenario cancer (god forbid), when my new insurance kicks in 30 days from now, can the insurance company deny me? The insurance provider is California Blue Cross, and the plan is an HMO. Thank you in advance.

also the code for cancer also the consult code as needed on the insurance forms or where i might be able to find these thank you

When I would rather go with private insurance? If I get cancer and my health insurance doesn't cover me, I have a rich family that is more than willing to loan me money. I have no need for this government health care. So if I will not use it, why must I pay for it? I don't want to pay for it. I know I don't have to use it, but I don't want to pay for it.

yet she can't get any mammograms because we just DONT have the money. they're barely paying for our bills as it is, and we dont even have insurance anymore due to the fact that my dad lost his job. & a couple of months after that he had a heart attack & had to get cardiac by-pass surgery. we literally have no money. I'm soo scared for my mom. i cried for a while when she told me this. I tried reasoning with her that if she pays now to get the mammograms and IF she does have some cancer cells then they can get it early and avoid SO much more medical costs in the future. however, we can't even afford to get a mammogram. what can we do?! im so scared. help :( yeah i finally got a job, thank goodness! its only a waitress job, so i wont make that much but its better than nothing!! i just turned 16

i have these bumps in the back of my tungue they dont hurt and i dont think its lung cancer because i only smoke weed and ive only been doing it for like a year. i dont think its herpes because it dosnt hurt.i cant go to the doctor because i dont have insurance and i kinda dont wana say anthing to my mom.but if any one could tell me what they think it is it would make me feel alot better.thanx

BidClerk.com (a consumer/professional construction job match site) matched me up with a scam/fraud artist that I had posted to build a small home around 700 sq. ft. They gave my home number to several contractors one of who was persistant. To shorten the story, I live on the GA side of the GA/AL state line. This fraudulent builder came to my house in GA and said he could build me this home for 50,000.00 which according to the plans, was reasonable, we signed contract, he presented license with company and references. I called Marvin's Home improvement ctr who was reference and was to supply materials, they gave glowing reference as well as other ref. also I ran background, criminal and civil, both turned up negative for cases. I checked with his county of residence, still no court record. I hired him and within several weeks, he had made labor/material draws equaling 90% of contracted price for home. I phoned and emailed BIDCLERK several times when I became suspicious but they would never produce any information about him as he was an account holder. Although, they freely gave him my info. Turns out, he got locked up 3 weeks into the contract, he only completed 20% of project and had 90% of my money, 48,000.00 and I was out of a home and money. Turns out, he had NO license, NO Business, NO employees and alot of experience in this activity as he was already on probation for this with the state licensure board of AL. On probation for drugs, forgery and other charges, He had several Probation officers and was still free to do this to me. BidClerk.com will not take any responsibility even though they said my job was mislabled and is how he got my information. I did everything anyone could do in checking him out and even a business gave him reference and then turned against him later and withdrew from my project. He had no insurance either. I labeled all my checks to him what they were for but he didn't have a bank account and cashed these large checks at my bank and used the cash for everything but materials. After he was locked up the last time, he just that day got 5,000 of my money and took it into court behind my back and they locked him up permanently that day. he had my check cashed and took 5,000.00 into Jail. 10 days later, I was filing claims with the State of AL and with authorities for fraud when the shell of the house burned to the ground in the middle of the night. He thought I'm sure would relieve him of responsibility since he didn't think I could prove how much of home was completed. I had hired a home inspector he never met who took pictures just days before the fire which documented the house was only 20% and had major foundation problems. In the end, I have no house, lost all my money, had to sell the land just to move from the nice apt into a low class apt building where I have been broken into 5 times by other tenants who were arrested and evicted. Every tenant in this building has stolen from me. It is not safe and is over 100 years old. I live on fixed income as I am disabled and this guy knew this as I was going to the Cancer center when he was doing this to me. He didn't care at all and planned and frauded me with intent as he knew no one was around to stop him and I often did not feel well. I took him at his word. I have all documents. Even his fake license. They have locked him up. Could not prove arson although they know he had it done with my money, and I can't sue him because he has his assets hid in families name. Cannot get, done spoke with 3 lawyers and it would cost thousands just to get it into court and I wouldn't get anything in the end. Does anyone know of any resource, any entity or help I could possibly receive in community/state/government subsidized financially as I do not have any money now, live in a dump with criminals just like him, and have no hope of getting out of this mess. He just walked into my life, in weeks, destroyed it and legally walked off without so much as an apology. Seems BidClerk.com should carry responsibility but got flimsy half assed apology/excuse letter and that was that. Marvin's Home Improvement Center also should be liable but again, they offered to testify for me but what good is that if I can't take into court. If anyone knows of anyone who can help I would be eternally and bleed gratitude to you. I would die with the prayer for you in my mouth if you know of any way to help me out of this mess. Not well, I get sicker every day because I am so depressed and live in this environment. Had to sell most of everything I own just to survive. I was told to write to TV Home improvement shows but can't find any and there's nothing left to build on or fix. I have all documents and legal papers relating to this disaster and Blueprints and police and state reports. If anyone knows of anything or has suggestion, I would be so thankful to you. Simply asking for knowledge of available resources for victims

In Australia, on free to air TV, we are CONSTANTLY BOMBARDED with 2 minute timeslots of Funeral ads, life insurance ads and income protections ads. All pretty much the same company. In each of these 2 minutes timeslots there is a guy WITH THE MOST IRRITATING SYMPATHETIC TONE OF VOICE who convinces people that they are the worst most hated people in the world if they don't have funeral cover, life insurance or income cover. Heres a little example of the scare tactics they use... Sympathetic annoying SOB: 'Kids, where does money come from?' Kid: Uh..the workers. AUDIENCE: Awwwwwwww Sympathetic stupid SOB: Remember when life seemed so simple? AUDIENCE: Awwwwwwww Sympathetic a**hole SOB: Imagine how your family would cope if you died... AUDIENCE: Oh dear, I'm a big a**hole and loser to my helpless family, my wife and kids will hate me forever and sh*t on my grave because I didn't have a funeral protection plan. Look i know this sounds a bit crazy but believe me the australians will understand this. (And if i ever meet that sympathetic a**hole down the street he won't know what hit him...) I say BOMBARDMENT in capitals because it IS. Everyday, you see at least 2-3 of these ads. Same sencarios, same company, different presentation. Asides from wanting to choke this guy, does anyone else think this is completely morally wrong? Readers of R&S: But life insurance IS important Moonlight Wolf, you obviously don't work. I agree, life insurance is important, but when you see these SCAM ads every HALF AN HOUR with SYMPATHETIC LOSER making every person who earns any kind of money feel like a big fat letdown on their family and their kids, it gets SLIGHTLY ANNOYING after 2 OR 3 YEARS!! oh and heres the finishing touch...A FREE WILL KIIT with every plan taken out, how pathetic and morally wrong is that? Just..GRRRR Still not convinced? Unfortunately i have browsed for about half an hour and still not found a video of the current guy. Good thing to, he would probably hypnotise you with his annoying sympathetic voice that drives everyone crazy. Now to make this a question. Does anyone else think this is morally wrong? To use scare tactics to scam people out of money? Or making them feel awful because the ad says their kid won't be able to go to school because you were a big baddy and got cancer at the worst time and they hate you for it? (yes i posted this before, but in the last hanf an hour theres been about 20 more people logging in to R&S)

Ok, Yes, this is a rant. For all you americans and Uk'ers who may not know what I'm talking about, here's a little history background. In Australia, on free to air TV, we are CONSTANTLY BOMBARDED with 2 minute timeslots of Funeral ads, life insurance ads and income protections ads. All pretty much the same company. In each of these 2 minutes timeslots there is a guy WITH THE MOST IRRITATING SYMPATHETIC TONE OF VOICE who convinces people that they are the worst most hated people in the world if they don't have funeral cover, life insurance or income cover. Heres a little example of the scare tactics they use... Sympathetic annoying SOB: 'Kids, where does money come from?' Kid: Uh..the workers. AUDIENCE: Awwwwwwww Sympathetic stupid SOB: Remember when life seemed so simple? AUDIENCE: Awwwwwwww Sympathetic a**hole SOB: Imagine how your family would cope if you died... AUDIENCE: Oh dear, I'm a big a**hole and loser to my helpless family, my wife and kids will hate me forever and sh*t on my grave because I didn't have a funeral protection plan. Look i know this sounds a bit crazy but believe me the australians will understand this. (And if i ever meet that sympathetic a**hole down the street he won't know what hit him...) I say BOMBARDMENT in capitals because it IS. Everyday, you see at least 2-3 of these ads. Same sencarios, same company, different presentation. Asides from wanting to choke this guy, does anyone else think this is completely morally wrong? Readers of R&S: But life insurance IS important Moonlight Wolf, you obviously don't work. I agree, life insurance is important, but when you see these SCAM ads every HALF AN HOUR with SYMPATHETIC LOSER making every person who earns any kind of money feel like a big fat letdown on their family and their kids, it gets SLIGHTLY ANNOYING after 2 OR 3 YEARS!! oh and heres the finishing touch...A FREE WILL KIIT with every plan taken out, how pathetic and morally wrong is that? Just..GRRRR Still not convinced? Unfortunately i have browsed for about half an hour and still not found a video of the current guy. Good thing to, he would probably hypnotise you with his annoying sympathetic voice that drives everyone crazy. Now to make this a question. Does anyone else think this is morally wrong? To use scare tactics to scam people out of money? Or making them feel awful because the ad says their kid won't be able to go to school because you were a big baddy and got cancer at the worst time and they hate you for it?

Two gals in my hometown have been diagnosed with breast cancer and have to go through surgery and therapy. Some locals decided that they wanted to do a charity event for them to raise some money to help them out on expenses that insurance doesn't cover. That is wonderful BUT the event they are doing is one where people decorate bras to be auctioned off at a dinner. The bras have been done up in gaudy spangles and have such themes such as "Twin Peaks" etc. As a breast cancer survivor myself I find this to be tasteless and some how insulting. Am I wrong? I mean like if they were doing some event to benefit two guys who have prostate cancer would they suggest decorating athletic cups? Or pairs of men's undies??? I hardly think so. I think them wanting to help some is wonderful... but what they chose as a money maker makes me disgusted. It is like it makes it some kind of joke or entertainment. Am I wrong to think that this is in poor taste?

100 thousand kids die every year because they don't have Health care. My 6 year old daughter died because none of the insurance companies would cover her expensive 300 thousand dollar heart surgery she needed to survive because she had heart cancer. Some hateful conservatives serious think nobody dies that doesn't have health care and they defend the dirty insurance companies.Conservatives need to wake up to the real world America does not have the best health care in the world were ranked 37th in health care in the world only poor 3rd world country's have worst health care then America does.Out of all the rich country's America is ranked dead last we spend more money for health care then any country in the world and we have the worst results. FOR 50 YEARS NEO-CONS HAVE BLOCKED REFORM.

This is one of my favourites: MDC - Real Food, Real People Real Bullets from SHADES OF BROWN LP Aww yeah, Yo this ones for my homies at mcdonalds. Yo listen up, check it. I'm not here to convince you and I'm not gonna preach, but if you keep eating meat I'm just gonna reach for the gat, And take you out right now because you're not just killing a pig or a cow you're fucking me up to, now what am I supposed to do stand idly by while you do what you do You're ruing the world with your addiction to dead animals, I will bust non-fiction For example 25 gallons of H20 makes a pound of wheat, but did you know it takes 100 times that much to make a pound of beef, so from our water shortage we get no relief when over half of the water goes to produce meat and cattle eat up all the grain that we could eat. But we don't 'cause we won't understand the demand to make better use of our food and our land. 90% of our corn and oats feed livestock that's why I hope that you're listening. yeah I said I wouldn't preach, well I lied. Alright who cares what you eat. I just want you to know while you're getting fat on your burgers, I'm gonna go get the gat. I'm gonna get the gat because it makes a lot of sense, it's not a personal thing it's just self defense you're not taking me out with your destructive diet I'm gonna draw the gat on you just like Wyatt Earp. Yeah, Earp that's the sound that you make when you burp after you eat up a big thick steak You know to think of it I'll be helping you out when I end your life quick cause without a doubt You'll be dying much slower from colon cancer, but hey that's your decision. I'll wait for your answer. Oops, sorry times up, take that, between cancer and a gun I'll take the gat. It's not only quicker it's less expensive the cost of chemotherapy is most extensive but who pays for it? me that's who, when my health insurance costs go through the roof Cancers not the only choice if you please, you can have liver kidney and heart disease Ulcers, constipation, salmonellosis, hypoglycemia, multiple sclerosis yes these diseases are funky and fresh and all can be yours when you eat dead flesh Rolling rolling rolling, tumors in your colon, blood pressure is growing RAW HIDE and just think of the homies who've died so as a courtesy to you and for your own protection and before your body's riddled with mass infection and before you die of causes that you think are natural G, I'm gonna go get the gat. Yeah I hear you, I've heard it all before "You can't tell me what to buy in the store I'm sick of you bitching about what's in my kitchen I find that liberal bullshit your picking." Yo shut up, listen up you fuck up, I'm fed up, Yeah, I used to eat meat, but I beat that deceit And the the crap of the trap of the wrap of the food that's not food and I'll be rude and crude cause that's my mood and my voice and my choice and my rhyme this time, yeah I mind that you're so damn blind that your eating from the wrong link of the food chain And I didn't even mention yet about the pain that the animals live in before they are given the bullet or the mallet to satisfy your pallet but before it gets to you, there's some things they do like chemicals and dyes and nice happy lies like "meat is part of the four food groups" if you've study nutrition you know you've been dooped you get better protein from soy beans with a third of fat now what cha think about that When you look at the vitamins and compare the price you're much better off eating beans and rice but let me reiterate my own position I'm a god damn drunk I don't care about nutrition so just think about what I have said then make up your own mind in your head and throw away your meat or give it your cat but if not that's ok I'm gonna go get the gat. The whole gat thing is tongue in cheek - if you know of MDC and heard the song you'd understand it better - it's amusing coz it's done with a wry sense of humour - I do enjoy Dead Prez 'Be Healthy' I'm just keen to find out other folks faves! It's all love . . . I don't eat no meat, no dairy, no sweets only ripe vegetables, fresh fruit and whole wheat I'm from the old school, my household smell like soul food, bro curried falafel, barbecued tofu no fish though, no candy bars, no cigarettes only ganja and fresh-squeezed juice from oranges exercising daily to stay healthy and I rarely drink water out the tap, cause it's filthy Lentil soup is mental fruit and ginger root is good for the yout' Fresh veg-e-table with the ital stew sweet yam fries with the green calalloo careful how you season and prepare your foods cause you don't wanna lose vitamins and miner-ules and that's the jewel life brings life, it's valuable, so I eat what comes from the ground, it's natural

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32462685/ns/health-health_care At first we had good ideas then we had the rich insurance CEO's create a mandated stimulus for their jet. Insurance exec is that you? I am not the neocon right wing tea bagger nazi loon palin That is not what the article says! Factcheck.org is like wikpedia!

I just want to know why is hard to get tourist visa going in US for main reason that my fiance Mother want to meet me in US, because she cant travel in Philippines for main reason that she has a 4 degree of cancer and she inviting me to visit in US and provide my expenses and she has a medical record from her doctor that can show in us embassy, also my fiance have cover letter that he will provide all my expenses when I'm visit to US and he has some documents to send like affidavit of support 134, bank statement,income tax return w2, certification of employment, and mine is statement acct from my bank,certification & statement acct.of my insurance Plan,certification & statement acct of my daughter educational Plan, Certification of my Burial service from St. peter which all updated to pay,receipt from my SSS, certification from my daughter school,copy of my daughter card,birth cert. of my daughter, receipt from school of my daughter that I'm fully paid her whole year, and i will leave her in philippines for a short week, certified copy of my annulment and certified copy of correction of entry of my birth certificate and have order from court, SPA of my house that I purchased that I'm fully paid to NGH, waiver & certification from President of home owners, certification of employment from my sister that notary from Bahrain that she giving me salary every month as care taker of her property in philippines had receipt thru door to door, What else do I need? so that I can convince the consul that I will resume in Philippines. I'm already denied for 2 time and I'm planning to apply for 3rd as tourist visa again, my fiance and my fiance mother sending again an invitation letter both of them, she requested to my fiance to visit me in US. she want me to meet. If I'm waiting to file my fiance its take a year, and maybe dont get chance to see each other. Yes to be honest my fiance have plan to file fiance visa if my annulment is done, we want to process in right way, I dont have intension to stay longer in US, but as for now want for tourist visa even 2 weeks to one month, because I have some obligations here in Philippines that l need to settle, first my daughter is here and no body look after to her if im stay longer in US, second im be waiting my sister to back in Philippines for 1yr. and no body take care of her property specially with some of her billings here,third i cant leave my home that still not tranfer the title under my name and so many bills I need to settle here, and have pending case here in philippines before going to settle down in US, my purpose is just want to meet my fiance mother and spend with a short weeks thats it. Please advice me!..Thanks lot

My art teacher told me that she got diagnosed with breast cancer at a time when she didn't have health insurance, but she was able to apply for Calcaid (or something like that - I don't know what it's called, but it's like Medicaid for people in California), and it completely covered the cost of her treatment. She never paid for anything, and she got excellent care because she was able to get one of the few oncologists at Cedars Sinai (hospital in Beverly Hills) who accepts Calcaid to treat her. I adore her and am happy she didn't have to suffer with the financial devastation a lot of people do with an illness like cancer, but I'm confused about the way the aid works. Why is there special aid given to women with breast and cervical cancer but not to kids with leukemia and sarcoma and adults with pancreatic cancer? One of the girls from my support group died in January from AML and her sister said that their parents are over a million dollars in debt from all her medical bills. They aren't getting help because apparently they fall in the middle ground where they make way too much to be qualified for aid, but they aren't loaded. They had insurance, they did everything they were supposed to do to be responsible, but they're stuck with the bills on top of the loss of their daughter. This seems to be very unfair to me. What gives? Thank you for your exceptional answer, Animal Luvr. : )

I am in desperate need of answers for my friend. She had stage 2B squamous cell cervical cancer (spread into lymph nodes) and underwent 7 weeks of Cisplatin Chemo concurrent with 7 weeks of external radiation and a few sessions (inpatient) of internal radiation. She was done with treatment and received a clear PET scan in September, putting her into remission. She went for a follow up pap in December and it was good. Then in January she was scheduled for one more follow up PET scan but her insurance had been cut off (it was Medicaid) due to her clear pap and scan and she could not afford to pay out of pocket the $5,000 the PET scan would cost. She has been having severe abdominal pains and the doctor kept telling her that it was just a side effect of the radiation. As a CC patient myself I told her that I was not experiencing this type of pain and I didn't think it was normal. Sure enough, after a CT scan, ultrasound and exam, her oncologist now thinks her cancer is back. They said her uterus is 2 times the size it's supposed to be and it's filled with air. Her uterus is so swollen that it's pushing on a lot of her organs and that is what's causing her pain. She is on morphine and vicodin right now, until the weekend when they are going to figure out exactly what is going on and do treatment. This weekend they will be doing a biopsy to find out if it's cancer for sure, but the doctor already said he's pretty sure that it is. I do understand from my personal experience that it only takes 1 microscopic cell to be left behind after chemo and radiation for it to show up again. I guess that one cell could have gone to the uterus and caused cancer there. Would it be likely for a stage 1 uterine cancer to behave in this way, to cause these extreme symptoms and enlargement? What are the chances that this recurrance isn't in her lymph nodes? And basically I guess I am just wondering if it has spread into other tissues other than the uterus, is there any hope of survival? If it's just in the uterus, would a hysterctomy likely take care of it? I am not very clear on how cervical cancers spread. I am a cervical cancer patient and survivor myself and I have learned quite a bit leading up to the point of surviving it, but I don't know much about recurrance because I haven't wanted to scare myself about that aspect of it. Now I am scared and I would like to know for my friends sake what is likely going on? If someone on here tells me it's likely that my friend is going to die, I am not going to discourage her by telling her! If the opinion is positive I would probably tell her if the opinion came from a reliable source. I've been googling and reading all I can with no good answer for this situation. I need a cancer expert's opinion and I know there are some very knowledgable people here.

I think it is a completely legitimate proposal. Say George went skiing and hit his head. He goes to the doctors and feels alright, and he explains to the doctor the incident. It is very likely that he had a mild concussion, but legally, if it were brain cancer, the hospital and doctor would be liable. So therefor measures are taken which cost a lot of money to both George and his healthcare insurance provider to make sure that he does not have brain cancer. That is what's making health insurance so expensive. I believe a lot of the funding for the campaigns for the democrats comes from the lawyers, which is perhaps why they don't want it. I would like to hear the opinions from real people though as to why this would be a bad idea?

I'm scared! I am due for a Colonoscopy on 3/12/10. I have had several polyps removed in the past but I was able to get the test done every 2 to 3 years. I have not had Colonoscopy since 2003 due to no job/insurance, and it was a precancerous polyp. I did not have employment or insurance since early 2004. Now I'm really feeling very anxious. I'm thinking that if one polyp went to precancerous within 2 years, then what would this one be like in almost 7 years. I have all kinds of digestive problems since my early 20's. I had Breast Cancer in 1994 and so I am worrying myself sick. I'm trying to keep my mind on other things but so far nothing is working

Characters: Jasmine Tran, 43, mother Nguyen Tran, 46, dad Kim Tran, 14, daughter Synopsis: A girl lives in a Chinese Vietnamese family with a violent abusive father and her mother. She has hated her father her whole life after seeing how terribly he treats her mother. Her father gets diagnosed with lung cancer, and as he’s dying, she’s starting to think back to the moments where he DID treat his family with respect, She starts to regret ever wishing anything bad on him, and starts to debate whether she should still love him after all that he’s put his family through. [Setting: a rundown apartment, a kitchen with a table filled with assorted foods; as the family is celebrating Chinese New Year] Scene 1 Nguyen: Jasmine, clean this up [Jasmine mops up mess, picks up pan] Jasmine: Where is this supposed to go? Nguyen: ……. [Goes about cooking & ignores his wife] Jasmine: Nguyen, answer me!! Nguyen: What? What the hell do you want? Can’t you see I’m doing something here? Jasmine: [Rests pan on counter] Wow, every little thing I say or do pisses you off, doesn’t it? You can’t ever reply to any of my questions without screaming or with an attitude. Nguyen: [Throws a small plate on the kitchen floor, plate shattersr] Maybe if you weren’t such an annoying bitch, I would treat you with more respect. Kim: Both of you stop, don’t you get it, it’s the new year, we shouldn’t say or do bad things. This isn’t how I pictured it starting off. Jasmine: You’re daughters right, this is New Years, we should be happy. We shouldn’t fight over any little thing. [Nguyen heads out for a smoke, as he returns, they all eat. Instead of being a festive feast, they are all silent, after they are done eating, they all ad-lib prayers to their ancestors] [Living room] Jasmine: Kim, remember, after school go straight to Jefferson hospital, To the outpatient center, you have to translate At your father at his doctor’s appointment. Kim: Do I really have to? I don’t care what happens to him I’d just rather him die. He’s put our family through so much shit, This is coming to a point where I just don’t care about him. [Nguyen stumbles in drunk] Nguyen: Wh…wheeeeeeeeere….bitch…..don’t….eh…. [grabs onto whatever he can on his way to the apartment Window, where he goes for another smoke] Kim: Mom, this is exactly what I’m talking about. He drinks, and smokes too much, He treats his family like crap, mom, I hate him, you’d be lying if You said you don’t dislike him in the least bit. Jasmine: Kim, don’t talk like that about your father, and you know can’t just assume that I think that about him. [Nguyen stumbles back to bed and passes out in an odd position] Kim: You know what, I hate living with him. [Goes to her room, exits stage] Ugh, night mom Scene two [Setting is in a street corner outside of a hospital Kim waits patiently outside beside a potted plant, Jasmine walks around the corner and meets Kim.] Kim: Theeeere you are, I thought you forgot about dad’s Appointment. Jasmine: Well, I’m here, just go in, your father’s Waiting inside. [Jasmine opens door] Dr. Weissman: Good afternoon, Mrs. Tran, Miss Kim. Ms. Tran, please have a sit in the waiting room, and Kim, Please come with me. [Leads Kim into separate room (exits stage), Nguyen is sitting In a chair, impatient.] Dr. Weissman: Kim, I need for you to tell your father that after we x-rayed his lungs, we found a Cancerous growth on his right lung. Kim, your father has non-small cell lung Cancer. Tell him that from now on that he has to quit smoking in order. After that, he has to should surgery to remove part of the tumor. To have any chance of survival. [Kim translates in Cantonese.] Nguyen: No, there is no way that I’m gonna go about life Without smoking, I can’t concentrate or perform normal tasks Without it. But the surgery I’m willing to go through if our insurance Company covers it. [Kim translates that into English for Dr. Weissman to hear] Dr. Weissman: Nguyen, I think that you should take this more seriously, You would honestly put smoking in front of your life? Here, How about I write you a prescription for something that Might aid you in quitting smoking? [Kim translates, and we see Nguyen nod his head slowly, as if reluctant to try]

I hear a lot about people being denied health care coverage, its part of the liberal mantra. If you had health insurance, without an exclusion for a given problem, your premiums were paid up and all the other plan criteria were met, have you been denied coverage? Did you appeal and, if so, what happened. Who was the provider? I have been insured for health care, either through my employer or as a business owner, for the last 30+ years. In that time, I have had cancer with two major operations, chemo and radiation therapy. My three kids had the usual assortment of ailments and broken bones and their births were all covered. I have never had a problem with my health care insurance, nor do I know anybody who can honestly say they have. Please, I am looking for real experiences that you have had personally. Please don't tell me about the sister of some friend's third cousin. Your own experience! Bobbi, That wasn't the question and is irrelevent to the question. I'd love to hear whether you have been denied coverage.

We just found out that my wife has Cervical Cancer and we just dropped our insurance last fall due to the tough times. I am wondering if anyone knows of any aid or grants for people without insurance. Any help would be great. Thank You

100 thousand kids a year die because they don't have health care. My daughter died because no insurance companies would cover her expensive heart surgery she needed to survive the heart cancer she had. Neo-Cons serious think nobody dies that doesn't have health care if a person needs a expansive surgery you can't just go to the E.R its not that simple. NEO-CONS NEED TO WAKE UP TO THE REAL WORLD.

I'm a female and I'll be 19 in three days. Ever since December, I have been concerned that maybe I could have lymphoma of some sort. It all started when I was reading something at the computer and I was drinking water and when I swallowed, I felt something funny. After some poking around, I felt a rubber-like bump in the left side of my throat near my trachea. It isn't visibly noticeable and doesn't bother my swallowing too much. Then, also, when I stretch my arms, I can feel something below my left shoulder blade and it's hard to feel around back there but it also feels like rubber and I feel it when I lift things; it's annoying. On top of that, I have been having problems with my urination and bowel movents; I still have them, but I have to strain for both. I have no UTI, STDs, etc. Sorry if this is TMI, but I felt around inside my labia minora, and I could feel the same rubber-like glands, they feel like beans and I'm worried. Back in December when I still had health insurance, I went to the doctor for this and they just tested me for a UTI (negative) and they just looked at my neck and felt around and said it was okay. Another time I showed up at the emergency room for other reasons and they ordered me a CT Scan that came back clear except for a tiny cyst on my right ovary. There is no pain, and since everything came back normal I'm confused. Any idea of what this sounds like or could be? I can't go back to the hospital because I no longer have health insurance, so don't tell me to do that, I'm just asking for opinions. I'm sorry if this is a bit lengthy but I'm worried. P.S. This is hard for me because I lost my brother to a cancer called Angiosarcoma. Does this sounds like lymphoma of some sort? Advice needed. Please & thank you.

The doctos tell mom she has benign fibroid tumors in her ovaries, each month when she gets her period she has massive bleeding that usually causes her to get anemic and a trip to the emergency room, the docs give her pain shots and send her out the door - Well we just learned that the procedure to remove them is going to cost around $30,000 and she doesnt have health insurance and for her to get some would be hard because of the prexisting condition. My question is this - Is this a life or death situation if she ignores them due to the fact that we cannot pay OR is there a way for her to get an operation free of charge? like a charity or somthing we can turn to should it be life threatening? She is such a magnificant woman, single mother of 4 working two jobs and would give the shirt off her back, she donates clothing to the homeless shelters brings them food etc, she is really a saint, never ask for anything for herself and has always thought of others, she works day and night and gets very little sleep, in fact right now she has taken in 2 other children whos mother died last year of cancer so she is a a saintly woman and I would hate to have to watch her die becuase we couldnt afford to pay the dang doctors to perform the surgery, any tips or advice would be greatly apreciated thank you

He has an 11 year old daughter with a crazy mother. He has no life insurance but he and my mother have a house that is paid for and his truck is paid for as well. Will they be entitled to any of this since he will no longer be paying child support? And for your smart a$$ comment Kayleigh, I AM worried about my mother. That's why I was asking. Keep your rude a$$ comments to yourself. Im looking for advice no foolish remarks. THANKS!

It's really weird and I want to have it removed because it's ANNOYING. Do you think my insurance will pay for the surgery? I've had a scan of it and they tell me it's not cancer.

OK I know I just posted but I left out something and the other post wouldn't let me add anymore. My bf doesnt live here he lives out of city because he is away for school. We only see eachother during Holidays and school breaks. My last period was 12/25/09 and he was down here for the Xmas break he left around 01/16 to go back to school and during the time he was down here we were having sex. I DIDN'T HAVE A PERIOD JAN, OR FEB I didn't see him again and have not had sex until I went to go see him for Valentines day and I was there about a week & then I came home. I have been cramping the past few days. My cramps come and go and they are not light. They are heavier like reg. period cramps. Also the past few days my urine has had a STRONG smell (like onions) I know its weird. Does this sound like a disease to anyone or a form of cancer? I dont have medical insurance or else I WOULD go to the doctor for those of you who are going to suggest that I go. Thanks. urine is strong throughout the whole day everytime I pee.

My last period was on Christmas day.I was having sex althroughout that time. I didnt get my period in Jan or Feb. I have been cramping the past few days and my period hasn't came? Im not really cramping lightly either. They are hard cramps (like period cramps) and they come and go. Does anyone know of any diseases or anything this sounds like? Cancer? I dont have medical insurance other wise I would go to the doctor like most of you are going to suggest. Thanks. OH I FORGOT TO MENTION MY BF LIVES OUT OF TOWN KUS HE IS IN SCHOOL. HE WAS DOWN HERE FOR XMAS BREAK AND BESIDES THAT..WE WERE SEXUALLY ACTIVE FEB-14 UNTIL THE 21ST.. I HAD GONE TO SEE HIM BUT CAMEBACK HOME.

im almost fifty i havent had a period in 3yrs .through out that time ive had a bloody discharge maybe twice it lasted maybe a few hours.today i came home went to the bathroom and there was blood on the tissue.there is none on my undergarments just the tissue.this has gone on all day.can someone tell me what this could be.i am not taking any meds.ive and no falls or any other tramas.i have NO MEDICAL INSURANCE and have not seen a obgyn in over 5 years and lost my medical write befor i was to have a ultra sound of my uturas after i told him i was experancing pain during sex.i have 6 children and have misscaraged 3 times.i was 15 when i had my first child.NO c-sections. AND YES THERE IS CANCER IN MY FAMILY .one of my daughters had to have a hystarectomy at 27 also my sister my mother died from sacoma tumars and so did her sister.plus aunts who have had breast cancer .i know i should go to see a doctor but i live on less than 800 a month.could this be normal menapose i am now bleeding all the time

for an auto but he wants to reform health care??? “When I was young, just got out of college, I had to buy auto insurance,” the President recounted. “I had a beat-up old car. And I won’t name the name of the insurance company, but there was a company — let’s call it Acme Insurance in Illinois. And I was paying my premiums every month. After about six months I got rear-ended and I called up Acme and said, I’d like to see if I can get my car repaired, and they laughed at me over the phone because really this was set up not to actually provide insurance; what it was set up was to meet the legal requirements. But it really wasn’t serious insurance. Now, it’s one thing if you’ve got an old beat-up car that you can’t get fixed. It’s another thing if your kid is sick, or you’ve got breast cancer.”

I am a 24 yrs old male with no insurance and low income. How can I get the HPV vaccine at no charge or at a reduced price? I see everywhere that it is free for women but what about males? What can I do to get it for free or reduced cost, as I cannot afford it. Even though it is low risk factors for males with HPV it can still cause cancer and genital warts. The vaccine has been approved for males, btw

Here is my story. I went to my women's doctor because i had bumps..well they looked like warts on my vagina. Im sorry that might be too much info. Anyways my normal doctor was not in so i seen someone who just came to the office...very new. First the nurse came in..she ask normal questions. She asked about my partners and protection...i was not using no protection with my boyfriend whom we been together over a year then. Umm next the nurse left the room i had to wait for the doctor. While i was waiting i heard the nurse outside my room telling someone else that i used no protection and things of that nature. I felt ashamed. The doctor finally came in..looked at my bumps and said she did not know what they were. So she decided to run tests. During which made me nervous. Before my visit was done she said i will get a call with the results. Days past and it turned to weeks...i had to call the office and ask. They said the test results were normal. But it did not explain why i still had these horrible bumps. About five months passed and i found out i was pregnant. I switched my doctors because of insurance reasons. I still had these bumps...my first doctor appt. the doc. looked at my bumps. Right off the bat she said you have HPV. I cried...umm the fact that im pregnant i cant take pills or cream to get rid of the bumps. The only method that is safe for the baby is acid...she applies acid to the bumps. Overtime HPV can cause cancer in the cervix...with the doctor not knowing what she was doing i could have develped cancer. Now there is a risk that if the HPV has went to my placenta then the baby could get the bumps/warts in their throat and they could cause the baby to stop breathing. If the doctor caught it before then my baby would not be at risk. Also cancer within the cervix could have develped. If i never got pregnant then i onst likely would have got cancer within the cervix. Sorry for the spelling...im typing very quick. I think i have a good case.

i have been menstruating for ten years and have never had a regular period, sometimes it would be two months between them, but now its been over 100 days since my last one, i know im not pregnant because im still a virgin and i dont "fool around" i dont have insurance otherwise id just go to a doctor, but im worried because cancer runs so high on both sides of my family. im not sure if maybe i just have a hormone deficiency or if something is seriously wrong.

pay more for their health care insurance since obesity increased the risk of developing many common diseases including heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, osteoarthritis, cancer, sleep apnea, abdominal hernias, varicose veins, gout, gall bladder disease, respiratory problems including pickwickian syndrome ?????

For the past three or four days I've noticed something in the back of my throat that I simply cannot get out. It feels like a largish piece of food, but I'm not sure and am doubting that based upon the facts. Drinking liquids does nothing, nor does eating or swallowing over and over again. The past two mornings and last night whatever it is that's back there has gave me a feeling that it's slowly making its way up my throat into my mouth, but not far enough for my tongue to get a feel of (if that makes sense). When I started to get this feeling, my gag reflex kicked in and had me run to the toilet to throw up. I full on heaved like 3 or 4 times and the last time I have coughed something up that contains very small amounts of blood. After that, I feel better and stop gagging but can still feel that thing back there. I'm a cigarette smoker as well as a medical marijuana user and am thinking two things, both reaching a bit out. The first is throat cancer and a tumor or something similar. The second is (don't give me an answer based on this please) I feel like a small piece of glass could be in my throat, stuck. I was cleaning my pipe and a small piece of glass broke off in the inner bowl area. I got the broken piece out but I can't help feeling that there was still something inside. I also have a few broken teeth (one of which turned into an abscess a few years back) in the back of my mouth which I need to have checked out, as that might also be causing a problem with infected roots or something. I can't see deep enough down into my throat in the mirror to see anything so I'm completely clueless as to what is causing this. Any advice would be appreciated. P.S. I have no health, dental, etc. insurance as well as no personal doctor or anything.

My grandmother has had Alzheimer's for the past 11-12 years. My mother and I think my grandmother is entering the final stages.. she talks infrequently (but still shouts when she's upset), doesn't smile often, wants to go to bed more often and is completely incontinent. She can still eat and walk, but her muscles are weak and a neck pillow is used for head support. I've been her caretaker on and off in the past. My mother is currently the sole caretaker, but it's getting to the point that she can't do it alone. She's a small-framed woman, and not physically capable of lifting and turning my grandma, especially when my grandma is fighting (which she does often). I want to go back to help, my grandparents raised me and I consider them more like parents. It's especially needed since I'm much stronger than my mom and I've been a carer previously, both as a job, with my grandma and twice when another close family member had cancer. There's no money for any sort of paid care help, it went to medical expenses for my grandfather's cancer. The rest of my family is really messed up, so they aren't any help either. She's also not eligible for Medicare since my grandfather was a fireman and the pension/insurance stuff was done privately through the local government. The problem is that I live in Norway and my family is in the US. I have dual Swedish citizenship and have lived all of my adult life in Europe (except when I've been caretaker), so it's not like I'm here on exchange and can just return to my life in the US. I am tied into a lease and contract agreements, and my boyfriend will be left here to pay everything alone (we're both students and work as well, and we're in one of the most expensive countries in the world). He's not American, so he can't come with me anyway. I feel sort of horrible and selfish for asking, but I need to know what sort of timeline is expected in the late stages, so that I can deal with things (like finances, job, school, etc) here before I leave. Doctors haven't been much help, and the internet is very vague. I know it differs a lot from case to case and can turn quickly, but in your personal experience, what happened in the late stages and how long did each part last? I really appreciate anyone that's willing to share, it's not an easy subject.