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The problem is that cancer treatments are extremely expensive and not usually very effective. Believe me; the hospital is not pulling these charges from thin air.

The right course to take is avoid contracting cancer for as long as possible, and if you do get cancer, to find and treat it ASAP. If you do get late-stage cancer, you can pay for a drug and treatment regimen that may provide you with a few more months of life at great expense to your wallet and your body. This is an American phenomenon; nowhere else in the world do people spend so much money on caring for terminally ill patients.



Cancer, even late stage cancer, can be successfully treated.


Yes, I bet this guy is glad he didn't live in a society where they don't rest terminally ill people: http://www.pancan.org/section_stories/story_details.php?id=1...




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