Comments on: It’s About Time http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:02:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: How To Survive Bankruptcy And Get Your Life Back. | 7Wins.eu http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-146135 How To Survive Bankruptcy And Get Your Life Back. | 7Wins.eu Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:01:57 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-146135 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Susie http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-129415 Susie Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:39:58 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-129415 I didn't find that story yet, although I did find this: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6895896/ I didn’t find that story yet, although I did find this:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6895896/

]]> By: Linda http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-129414 Linda Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:11:54 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-129414 I once made a similar comment to a doctor in a Florida emergency room and he locked me in the psych ward for 24 hours. (For which, of course, I was billed!) I've become very careful about expressing my views on health care since then. I once made a similar comment to a doctor in a Florida emergency room and he locked me in the psych ward for 24 hours. (For which, of course, I was billed!)

I’ve become very careful about expressing my views on health care since then.

]]> By: Foraker http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-129393 Foraker Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:48:20 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-129393 "cancer treatment bankrupts one out of every four people who have it." That's a great statistic. Can you find the source? Here's some good news from the American Cancer Society (warning - Powerpoint presentation) (http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PRO/content/PRO_1_1_Cancer_Statistics_2007_Presentation.asp) Based on data collected in 2001-2003, men only have a 1 in 2 chance of contracting some form of cancer in their lifetime, women only a 1 in 3 chance. 66% overall survival rate. Someone who's good with statistics -- that's what chance of bankruptcy from cancer? If you survive the cancer, of course... Let's take the best case scenario that 33 women out of 100 get cancer, assume 22 survive (a little better than 66%), then 5 file for bankruptcy. (Is that correct?) So (roughly), at best you have a 1 in 3 chance of getting cancer (look to your left, look to your right, one of you will get cancer...), a 1 in 5 chance of getting and surviving cancer, a 1 in 10 chance of dying of cancer, and a 1 in 20 chance of getting cancer, surviving, and filing for bankruptcy. For comparison, the National Weather Service says that your odds of being struck by lightning in your lifetime are around 1 in 5000.... (http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm) “cancer treatment bankrupts one out of every four people who have it.”

That’s a great statistic. Can you find the source?

Here’s some good news from the American Cancer Society (warning - Powerpoint presentation) (http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PRO/content/PRO_1_1_Cancer_Statistics_2007_Presentation.asp)
Based on data collected in 2001-2003, men only have a 1 in 2 chance of contracting some form of cancer in their lifetime, women only a 1 in 3 chance. 66% overall survival rate.

Someone who’s good with statistics — that’s what chance of bankruptcy from cancer? If you survive the cancer, of course… Let’s take the best case scenario that 33 women out of 100 get cancer, assume 22 survive (a little better than 66%), then 5 file for bankruptcy. (Is that correct?)

So (roughly), at best you have a 1 in 3 chance of getting cancer (look to your left, look to your right, one of you will get cancer…), a 1 in 5 chance of getting and surviving cancer, a 1 in 10 chance of dying of cancer, and a 1 in 20 chance of getting cancer, surviving, and filing for bankruptcy.

For comparison, the National Weather Service says that your odds of being struck by lightning in your lifetime are around 1 in 5000….
(http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/medical.htm)

]]> By: somegirl http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-129389 somegirl Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:28:23 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/08/31/09/43/its-about-time-3/#comment-129389 yeah i've been walking around with a mammogram scrip since january myself. if i meet my 5k deductible (it's fast approaching) my insurance will cover it, so maybe i'll get one. frankly, i'd rather die than lose everything i have to cancer treatment. because what the fuck am i gonna do as a penniless 50+ woman? yeah i’ve been walking around with a mammogram scrip since january myself. if i meet my 5k deductible (it’s fast approaching) my insurance will cover it, so maybe i’ll get one.

frankly, i’d rather die than lose everything i have to cancer treatment. because what the fuck am i gonna do as a penniless 50+ woman?

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