Some people find that their claim is rejected because their illness is not considered serious enough, in other words not a cancer that will stand to kill you soon, a slower growing or other type of cancer not considered critical. The folks in the UK with supplemental insurance appear to be facing...
American Society of Clinical Oncology and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan will collect cancer information from 11 oncology practices in Michigan. Each physician will be paid around $3000.00 for their time in for the collection process. This is good for the exchange of information...
Stories like this are sad indeed. It comes back to the dollar and someone playing "God" to determine who gets treatment and who does not. Granted personalized medicine tests will help in time, not only from the actual treatment side, but from the information side of things as well...
Great interview from the Wall Street Journal, I guess when it comes time to go over the costs a patient gets to select to either find a method of payment if they can, or the other choice (no treatment) and we all know what the horrible results can be from there. The physicians are there to treat...