http://www.tamiboehmer.com/2009/10/the-cost-of-care/ Tami Boehmer's Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:12:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.tamiboehmer.com/2009/10/the-cost-of-care/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Anne Orchard Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:35:43 +0000 http://www.tamiboehmer.com/?p=479#comment-119 Hi Tami, I agree that cost of care should not have to be an issue. We are lucky here in the UK that we have care which is free at the point of use (not entirely free as we pay for it through our taxes, and balancing the books becomes harder as time goes by). I was made even more aware of this issue recently when I was writing about how husbands are affected by breast cancer on my blog at http://tinyurl.com/yaqjpmt. I hope that the health care reform debate will ultimately address this issue so that people can focus on getting well. Of course there will still be expenses associated with having cancer, such as travelling to receive treatment, and threats to earning ability, but at least the treatment should be there. Best wishes, Anne Orchard Hi Tami,
I agree that cost of care should not have to be an issue. We are lucky here in the UK that we have care which is free at the point of use (not entirely free as we pay for it through our taxes, and balancing the books becomes harder as time goes by). I was made even more aware of this issue recently when I was writing about how husbands are affected by breast cancer on my blog at http://tinyurl.com/yaqjpmt. I hope that the health care reform debate will ultimately address this issue so that people can focus on getting well. Of course there will still be expenses associated with having cancer, such as travelling to receive treatment, and threats to earning ability, but at least the treatment should be there.
Best wishes,
Anne Orchard

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