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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I loved the statements about the reason why he's being treated despite stage 4 cancer is because he's actually younger is mind and spirit.

Ah, life of the privileged. I do doubt your average folk would get the same benefit under Obamacare.....[/quote]

Eh, I can kind of see his point.  When you're 90, your cells divide so slowly that cancer doesn't progress as quickly as it does in younger people, which is also why childhood cancer is so deadly.  If you and your toddler both get a scraped knee at the same time, your child's knee will be healed in a few days while you still have a scab a week later.   Since he's otherwise in good health, I can see where chemo would buy him a worthwhile amount of time. About 10 years ago, one of the agents in his SS detail told me that Carter handled the rigors of his many international trips more easily than the agents half his age.

I think, too, at that age, that mind and spirit play a significant role in health and longevity.  I knew a wonderful elderly couple elderly couple who met and married late in life, after they'd both lost their first spouses.  They were so in love and romantic-- in their 80's!-- and laughed ALL the time.  Between the two of them, they'd had breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer resulting in a colostomy, heart disease, and a cervical spine fracture requiring halo traction.

Carter has a loving marriage and lives life with purpose. I wouldn't discount the importance of that.[/quote]

Have no issues with him getting the chemo. I have issues with the 'little people' on Obamacare being denied the same treatment.[/quote]

No little people are covered by Obamacare, it doesn't exist as insurance coverage. Those little people are covered by either Medicaid or regular insurance policies.[/quote]

They would not treat an average individual's stage 4 cancer at that age[/quote]

"They" will treat anyone who wants treatment. My FIL just passed from cancer at 87. He refused treatment, despite his oncologist's urging. Had he done it, Medicare and his gap policy would have covered the full cost ($8,000 per month).[/quote]

This article suggest otherwise. "Anyone" is a very big word.

http://nypost.com/2013/11/12/death-by-obamacare-reform-reams-cancer-patients/
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