Cancer Patient - Obamacare took Doctor, Insurance...

[Sunshine]

Either the article is leaving out some critical information as to why he gets treated at Stanford, or the guy is just trying to use his illness to bash the ACA.

So this guy, with cancer, loses his doc and his insurance - all for the sake of "bashing" the ACA?

That's a serious stretch, asswipe.

Really...

you are talking to a leftard obamacare worshiper.

they situation described in the article is exactly why this crap should be repealed - it will prevent people to get treatments they need - the very suposed reason it was enacted.
cancer treatments should be received where state of the art is.

however, if this crap obamacare stays - we will fall in cancer research and help dramatically.
we are #1 in cancer treatments in the world exactly because the way our healthcare was set up.
Any change to that model will push it way back.

Leftard obamacare worshipers will not be affected. They all have Medicaid which is free and has no copays or deductibles.

 

[Sunshine]

I'm not a democrat and didn't vote for Obama you guys. I'm just looking at this information objectively. (You may want to look that word, objectively' up in the dictionary)

I am a cancer patient and I know that the San Diego area has excellent care and access to care for cancer treatments.

Like I said before, maybe the article is leaving out some critical information that would make it clear why he travels so far for ongoing treatment.

But, the average cancer patient simply doesn't travel that far for ongoing treatment. The cost alone would be a real burden for someone chronically ill.

You are an idiot. He does not claim to be the 'average' cancer patient. He is s STAGE 4 cancer patient. Look that up on your Funk and Wagnals.

 

[Barbarap]

There are parts of this account that just don't sound right.

The guy lives in San Diego and goes to Stanford for medical treatment? That's an eight hour drive. They have state of the art medical in San Diego, so why travel so far?

Just doesn't make sense.

That is not contradictory. Many cancer patients are not near a hospital like Stanford. I, myself, drive 2 hours one way to Vanderbilt to get treatment for my pulmonary hypertension.

Right..... But the guy lives in San Diego where they have excellent medical facilities and he drives eight hours to go to Stanford for ongoing treatment!?


It's just hard to believe that he goes that far for ongoing treatment.

 

[Sunshine]

I'm not a democrat and didn't vote for Obama you guys. I'm just looking at this information objectively. (You may want to look that word, objectively' up in the dictionary)

I am a cancer patient and I know that the San Diego area has excellent care and access to care for cancer treatments.

Like I said before, maybe the article is leaving out some critical information that would make it clear why he travels so far for ongoing treatment.

But, the average cancer patient simply doesn't travel that far for ongoing treatment. The cost alone would be a real burden for someone chronically ill.

The author also states that she went to Houston for treatment. Stanford and Houston, with UCSD for the emergency needs.

Some people, not all but some, will travel and seek out the best possible care and the best possible doctors. I imagine that, during some consulltation or another, she was directed to the doctors at Stanford and Houston and chose to avail herself of their talents. A person with a strong desire to live and the ability will seek out the best care possible. Perhaps the doctors she saw at Stanford and in Houston specialized in gallbladder cancer. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is an exceptional facility.

So why the skepticism? (You may want to loook that word up in the dictionary...)

I'm skeptical because every horror story I have heard about the ACA has been either an exaggeration, has omitted critical information, or been out right lies.

Just hard to believe everything, or anything for that matter, that comes from republicans or democrats.

Like I said earlier, I can understand going to Stanford or Houston or anywhere else for specific treatment.... But to travel from San Diego to Stanford for ongoing care just doesn't seem reasonable. The out of pocket costs would be prohibitive unless the guy is really wealthy.

And you have not posted one single example of an exaggeration. You seriously do NOT have cancer. That is just your straw man argument and it shows how stupid you are.

 

[Barbarap]

I'm not a democrat and didn't vote for Obama you guys. I'm just looking at this information objectively. (You may want to look that word, objectively' up in the dictionary)

I am a cancer patient and I know that the San Diego area has excellent care and access to care for cancer treatments.

Like I said before, maybe the article is leaving out some critical information that would make it clear why he travels so far for ongoing treatment.

But, the average cancer patient simply doesn't travel that far for ongoing treatment. The cost alone would be a real burden for someone chronically ill.

You are an idiot. He does not claim to be the 'average' cancer patient. He is s STAGE 4 cancer patient. Look that up on your Funk and Wagnals.

Since I'm a cancer patient, i know all too well what stage four is all about.

 

[Sunshine]

There are parts of this account that just don't sound right.

The guy lives in San Diego and goes to Stanford for medical treatment? That's an eight hour drive. They have state of the art medical in San Diego, so why travel so far?

Just doesn't make sense.

That is not contradictory. Many cancer patients are not near a hospital like Stanford. I, myself, drive 2 hours one way to Vanderbilt to get treatment for my pulmonary hypertension.

Right..... But the guy lives in San Diego where they have excellent medical facilities and he drives eight hours to go to Stanford for ongoing treatment!?


It's just hard to believe that he goes that far for ongoing treatment.

Perhaps you should avail yourself of a little knowledge about why one center in a large city may be different than another center in a different large city. People fly over Cleveland Clinic on their way to Mayo. Where you go is your business. I don't really care, but if a person wants to live he/she goes where the specialists treat the form of the disease he/she had, not to the closest facility or the ones with the pretties flowers out front, fucktard.

 

[Sunshine]

I'm not a democrat and didn't vote for Obama you guys. I'm just looking at this information objectively. (You may want to look that word, objectively' up in the dictionary)

I am a cancer patient and I know that the San Diego area has excellent care and access to care for cancer treatments.

Like I said before, maybe the article is leaving out some critical information that would make it clear why he travels so far for ongoing treatment.

But, the average cancer patient simply doesn't travel that far for ongoing treatment. The cost alone would be a real burden for someone chronically ill.

You are an idiot. He does not claim to be the 'average' cancer patient. He is s STAGE 4 cancer patient. Look that up on your Funk and Wagnals.

Since I'm a cancer patient, i know all too well what stage four is all about.

You are not a cancer patient. You are a sock waving a straw man.

 

[Vox]

So this guy, with cancer, loses his doc and his insurance - all for the sake of "bashing" the ACA?

That's a serious stretch, asswipe.

Really...

you are talking to a leftard obamacare worshiper.

they situation described in the article is exactly why this crap should be repealed - it will prevent people to get treatments they need - the very suposed reason it was enacted.
cancer treatments should be received where state of the art is.

however, if this crap obamacare stays - we will fall in cancer research and help dramatically.
we are #1 in cancer treatments in the world exactly because the way our healthcare was set up.
Any change to that model will push it way back.

Leftard obamacare worshipers will not be affected. They all have Medicaid which is free and has no copays or deductibles.

I know. But those mouthpieces could be a little bit less arrogant

 

[Barbarap]

The author also states that she went to Houston for treatment. Stanford and Houston, with UCSD for the emergency needs.

Some people, not all but some, will travel and seek out the best possible care and the best possible doctors. I imagine that, during some consulltation or another, she was directed to the doctors at Stanford and Houston and chose to avail herself of their talents. A person with a strong desire to live and the ability will seek out the best care possible. Perhaps the doctors she saw at Stanford and in Houston specialized in gallbladder cancer. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is an exceptional facility.

So why the skepticism? (You may want to loook that word up in the dictionary...)

I'm skeptical because every horror story I have heard about the ACA has been either an exaggeration, has omitted critical information, or been out right lies.

Just hard to believe everything, or anything for that matter, that comes from republicans or democrats.

Like I said earlier, I can understand going to Stanford or Houston or anywhere else for specific treatment.... But to travel from San Diego to Stanford for ongoing care just doesn't seem reasonable. The out of pocket costs would be prohibitive unless the guy is really wealthy.

And you have not posted one single example of an exaggeration. You seriously do NOT have cancer. That is just your straw man argument and it shows how stupid you are.

Here is one example for you:

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77990231/

And you can deny that I am a cancer patient all you want, but that doesn't change the reality I live with every day. The surgical wounds where my left breast used to be can attest to that.

 

[Sunshine]

I'm skeptical because every horror story I have heard about the ACA has been either an exaggeration, has omitted critical information, or been out right lies.

Just hard to believe everything, or anything for that matter, that comes from republicans or democrats.

Like I said earlier, I can understand going to Stanford or Houston or anywhere else for specific treatment.... But to travel from San Diego to Stanford for ongoing care just doesn't seem reasonable. The out of pocket costs would be prohibitive unless the guy is really wealthy.

And you have not posted one single example of an exaggeration. You seriously do NOT have cancer. That is just your straw man argument and it shows how stupid you are.

Here is one example for you:

LA Times

And you can deny that I am a cancer patient all you want, but that doesn't change the reality I live with every day. The surgical wounds where my left breast used to be can attest to that.

The good news is we won't have to put up with you much longer.

 

[Vox]

I'm not a democrat and didn't vote for Obama you guys. I'm just looking at this information objectively. (You may want to look that word, objectively' up in the dictionary)

I am a cancer patient and I know that the San Diego area has excellent care and access to care for cancer treatments.

Like I said before, maybe the article is leaving out some critical information that would make it clear why he travels so far for ongoing treatment.

But, the average cancer patient simply doesn't travel that far for ongoing treatment. The cost alone would be a real burden for someone chronically ill.

You are an idiot. He does not claim to be the 'average' cancer patient. He is s STAGE 4 cancer patient. Look that up on your Funk and Wagnals.

Since I'm a cancer patient, i know all too well what stage four is all about.

Since you are not a cancer patient you clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
It's a litmus test on oncology. People who know would see that the article IS from the real cancer patient since he lists the problems and how this crap obamacare affects it right on spot.

 

[Moonglow]

So this guy, with cancer, loses his doc and his insurance - all for the sake of "bashing" the ACA?

That's a serious stretch, asswipe.

Really...

you are talking to a leftard obamacare worshiper.

they situation described in the article is exactly why this crap should be repealed - it will prevent people to get treatments they need - the very suposed reason it was enacted.
cancer treatments should be received where state of the art is.

however, if this crap obamacare stays - we will fall in cancer research and help dramatically.
we are #1 in cancer treatments in the world exactly because the way our healthcare was set up.
Any change to that model will push it way back.

Leftard obamacare worshipers will not be affected. They all have Medicaid which is free and has no copays or deductibles.

It does, but to the ignorant you would not know anyway. Even Medicare comes with a cost, a deductible and other parts a premium. It is called a spend down amount when on Medicaid.

 

[Vox]

you are talking to a leftard obamacare worshiper.

they situation described in the article is exactly why this crap should be repealed - it will prevent people to get treatments they need - the very suposed reason it was enacted.
cancer treatments should be received where state of the art is.

however, if this crap obamacare stays - we will fall in cancer research and help dramatically.
we are #1 in cancer treatments in the world exactly because the way our healthcare was set up.
Any change to that model will push it way back.

Leftard obamacare worshipers will not be affected. They all have Medicaid which is free and has no copays or deductibles.

It does, but to the ignorant you would not know anyway. Even Medicare comes with a cost, a deductible and other parts a premium. It is called a spend down amount when on Medicaid.

Medicare does have out of the pockets costs. Medicaid does not.

 

[Barbarap]

What as bunch of hate filled posts and baseless assumptions with no facts to support your position.

Pathetic.

 

[Vox]

The so-called 'debunking' in the LAtimes is a LIE as well - a woman is on normal insurance fro BCBS, not a catastrophic one. The article is also full of other lies.

 

[Sunshine]

you are talking to a leftard obamacare worshiper.

they situation described in the article is exactly why this crap should be repealed - it will prevent people to get treatments they need - the very suposed reason it was enacted.
cancer treatments should be received where state of the art is.

however, if this crap obamacare stays - we will fall in cancer research and help dramatically.
we are #1 in cancer treatments in the world exactly because the way our healthcare was set up.
Any change to that model will push it way back.

Leftard obamacare worshipers will not be affected. They all have Medicaid which is free and has no copays or deductibles.

It does, but to the ignorant you would not know anyway. Even Medicare comes with a cost, a deductible and other parts a premium. It is called a spend down amount when on Medicaid.

I know all about the Medicare copays. I am on it. DUH~! I was talking about Medicaid. The spend down is not a copay. It is a deliberate dumping of your assets so you will qualify for Medicaid. After you qualify you have NO COPAY.

 

[Sunshine]

What as bunch of hate filled posts and baseless assumptions with no facts to support your position.

Pathetic.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

 

[Barbarap]

What as bunch of hate filled posts and baseless assumptions with no facts to support your position.

Pathetic.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Heat??
I thought this was a discussion board where people discussed topics.

There is no discussion here to be 'heated'.

And, sunshine.... You, who wished me to die soon of cancer, must have a miserable life to be so hateful.

I hope you never get cancer. You don't have what it takes to survive the burden.

 

[Barbarap]

The so-called 'debunking' in the LAtimes is a LIE as well - a woman is on normal insurance fro BCBS, not a catastrophic one. The article is also full of other lies.

Please provide legitimate documentation to support your statement.

 

[Sunshine]

What as bunch of hate filled posts and baseless assumptions with no facts to support your position.

Pathetic.

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Heat??
I thought this was a discussion board where people discussed topics.

There is no discussion here to be 'heated'.

And, sunshine.... You, who wished me to die soon of cancer, must have a miserable life to be so hateful.

I hope you never get cancer. You don't have what it takes to survive the burden.

Man, this one smelled like a sock from post one. And here it is. This is a skanky liberal forum denizen who has come on as a cancer patient to defend Obamacare and has spent the better part of the thread claiming that a person who is NOT an anonymous poster on a forum lied int he article. I have worked with cancer patients, many of them. Cancer is a crisis from day one to the last day of life. Logging onto a forum is NOT something that a cancer patient does. Cancer patients want only to spend the last days of their life with their family. Not blogging online with a bunch of strangers. This one just couldn't keep up the meme.

Note to all *** This sock only lasted 3 days. But the forum executive Coyote pulled this unremarkable thread up in a flash. Hm.... Coyote has been pwnd. This is a coyote sock. Well, most forums do have two sets of rules.