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This is a nice story of a man giving money to help others,but what i find sad is not that he has cancer and dying,but that the US medical insurance companies will not cover his treatments.

Health Care in the USA sucks!!!!!!!!

They should put more effort into getting Health care taken care of instead of all this other crap going on.... (War,etc.)

Yes, no doubt he'll be one of the 20,000 people a year that die from lack of healthcare.

If only a tie between lack of Healthcare & Bin Laden could be found then he'd no doubt live for years to come.

Yes its quite upsetting.

Actually Healthcare in the US is fantastic if you have insurance. It's a far far better quality of care than say the UK where the healthcare system is free but is practically close to incompetant. If you get sick in the UK you better not have anything serious and not be too old. If you fall into that category you need to make funeral arrangements sooner rather than later because they'll let you die. Euthansia is alive and well in the UK National Health Service.

The US on the other hand has excellent quality of healthcare, no waiting lists and fast comprehensive treatment no matter what your age. The only problem is if you have no insurance and a pre-existing condition then you will be left out in the cold and/or certainly not be in any position to make any demands for expedited care. You can get treatment in the US without coverage but you'll be saddled with huge debts.

The issue all boild down to money. Healthcare is expensive - nationalized healthcare like the UK cannot afford a high level of care & it's also incredibly wasteful (I was shocked that my son - not a UK citizen got a free prescription just because he was under 16). The US on the other hand see's healthcare as a way to make money - which is the opposite extreme and equally as flawed.

Dude, this article doesn't give the details but it's possible that the treatment he's receiving is deemed "experimental". In those cases a the line must be drawn as to what an insurance company is required to pay for.
If carriers were expected to pay for anything people wanted to try, the system would be bled dry.

I remember hearing about this Secret Santa years ago. Nice to have a face to go with the action. Very generous and loving spirit.