What we also learned from Senator Kennedy is this: He had the best care money could provide. He was able to choose his care based solely on quality and reputation, not whether his insurance would cover treatment or whether he could travel to a specific region of the country. He chose Duke University's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, one of those in the forefront of treating this disease.
If someone in my family were ill with brain cancer, it's exactly the kind of thing I'd want to be able to do: Seek the best treatment, without having to worry about whether it was affordable.
No matter how contentious the health care bill debate gets, it's worth it to remember that there are millions -- millions -- of people in this country who don't have any health insurance at all. That means they use emergency rooms as their doctor's office, and get little or no wellness care, routine checkups, prevention awareness or prenatal care. One of Sen. Kennedy's life ambitions was to get a health-care bill passed to help take care of these people. I hope his legacy can help get it done.
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What we also learned from Senator Kennedy is this: He had the best care money could provide. He was able to choose his care based solely on quality and reputation, not whether his insurance would cover treatment or whether he could travel to a specific region of the country. He chose Duke University's Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, one of those in the forefront of treating this disease.
If someone in my family were ill with brain cancer, it's exactly the kind of thing I'd want to be able to do: Seek the best treatment, without having to worry about whether it was affordable.
No matter how contentious the health care bill debate gets, it's worth it to remember that there are millions -- millions -- of people in this country who don't have any health insurance at all. That means they use emergency rooms as their doctor's office, and get little or no wellness care, routine checkups, prevention awareness or prenatal care. One of Sen. Kennedy's life ambitions was to get a health-care bill passed to help take care of these people. I hope his legacy can help get it done.
September 1, 2009 - 8:28amThis Comment
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