Just because the woman is receiving health care, it doesn’t mean she’s receiving the best health care or that she’s not going broke having to pay what the insurance company won’t, or isn’t having to have fundraisers to help keep herself alive. I mean, a person with cancer in this country isn’t going to be denied care, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be a cheap or easy process. Someone with more money is going to have a better chance of survival in the U.S. than someone without. It’s just a fact. Our healthcare system needs to be overhauled so that everyone is entitled to the same quality care, in my opinion.

She may have gotten treatment through a federally- and state-funded program for cancer treatment for poor women, but those programs are not perfect and are constantly under siege politically.

Or she could’ve paid out of pocket, which would be very steep.

Some are lucky enough to get treatment provided by the drug companies, out of the goodness of their hearts.

that the woman with cancer was not the person whose health care was in question. I think it had to do with her two adopted kids who had autism who weren’t getting any health care (and then she got cancer on top of that).

At least, that is what I remember.