My mother-in law was just diagnosed with stage 4 metastasized breast cancer. It’s in her bones and she’ll need extensive and aggressive treatment to give her more time. Her husband was going to retire this year, but now can’t because they need his health insurance benefits. This country (United States) is so fucked when you can’t afford treatment to live.
Cancer also shouldn’t bankrupt, but it does every day. When I think about people in other countries getting treatment and not having to worry about how they will pay it just upsets me. I can’t help but think healing would drastically increase without the stress of the cost. That some people choose death as to not burden their family into debt.