http://lifeomike.org/2009/06/04/going-broke-from-health-care/ Health Care For All Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lifeomike.org/2009/06/04/going-broke-from-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Michael Helller, M.D. Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:30:43 +0000 http://lifeomike.org/?p=416#comment-109 As a physician practicing in WNC, I have been sensitive to the the needs of the underinsured and uninsured for many years. We have been actively supportive of Project Access and the gov't subsidized health programs, including the Cancer Fund of NC which is now out of funding. The future of healthcare as we know it is in jepardy unless the mismanagement by private health care insuranace plans is either eliminated or replaced by something like a single payor system. My concern and that of others in NC is that the recession has left this country with an empty treasury and a devestated economy which cannot fund sufficient healthcare. AS a cancer specialist, the newer therapies will become unaffordable and we will miss sthe opportunity to ssave lives now. As a physician practicing in WNC, I have been sensitive to the the needs of the underinsured and uninsured for many years. We have been actively supportive of Project Access and the gov’t subsidized health programs, including the Cancer Fund of NC which is now out of funding. The future of healthcare as we know it is in jepardy unless the mismanagement by private health care insuranace plans is either
eliminated or replaced by something like a single payor system. My concern and that of others in NC is that the recession has left this country with an empty treasury and a devestated economy which cannot fund sufficient healthcare. AS a cancer specialist, the newer therapies will become unaffordable and we will miss sthe opportunity to ssave lives now.

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