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Old 08-29-2008, 06:23 PM   #13
Sherryg683
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That is such a frightening thought that insurance would put a cap on what they would pay. What do you do then, there's no way to afford what treatment costs. I was talking to a woman awhile back, her husband had recently died of melanoma and was at MD Anderson. His insurance had a 350,000 a year cap and he had reached that. She had 3 small children and was a school teacher...she had recently received a bill from MD Anderson for over 80,000 and still had other outstanding bills. She did not know what in the world she was going to do and was afraid she would lose everything she had...this is just so sad and unfair...sherryg683
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