This article is very strange. When my partner received her surgery and radiation treatment for breast cancer, she had no out of pocket expenses. In the public system under Medicare, surgery, radiation, ongoing aftercare, and travel and accommodation in Canberra away from our rural location were all covered. Her ongoing treatment is covered under the PBS and Medicare. In talking to friends who have used the private system, their treatment and advice received have been different and arguably not as good.

It reads to us as if for breast cancer treatment - surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, medications, any needed travel - choosing the public system is the better choice.

My partner strongly recommends that people with breast cancer use Breast Cancer Network Australia - https://bcna.org.au/ - as a first point of call for reliable information on treatment choices. The Cancer Council also has good information.

#medicare #cancer
https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-i-had-to-crowdfund-my-cancer-treatment-in-australias-universal-health-care-system-284562

Jennifer Rubin: #Republicans Starved Social Security. Now they want to wreck it.

"These days, the #MAGA Republican Party displays the survival instinct of dodo birds. Republican House and Senate leaders face staggering losses in both houses of Congress and in state races as a result of their cowardly capitulation to Donald Trump and the ensuing policy blunders they committed at his behest."
#SocialSecurity #Medicare #Medicaid #TheContrarian #MikeJohnson
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/republicans-starved-social-security

"Some fraudsters run an illegitimate DME company and get a doctor to prescribe the equipment. They might tell a senior they have a promotion where the individual can get a knee brace, neck brace or wheelchair, and say they just need the Medicare number to verify coverage."

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/16/evergreen-park-scammer-talk/

#healthcare #medicare #aging #fraud #scammers

"Social Security and Medicare are heading toward insolvency. Congress has 6 years to act"

I wanted to comment on the DNC inability to use these facts against Republicans but I'm too hungry.
I know I'm preaching to the choir here anyway.

https://fortune.com/2026/06/11/social-security-medicare-fiscal-collapse-trust-fund-commission/

#economy #medicare #health #socialsecurity #republicans #democrats #elections #vote #uspol

total #Medicare spending is ~4% of GDP

*3% of GDP. That is what Musk's net worth represents.

At the height of his fortune, Rockefeller's net worth was 1.4% of GDP

#RedditAppUsers #BlueskyAppUsers

We The People USA have the same plan as always: Avoid teaching and pointing out Bible verse "1 John 3:17" being relevant to #SocialSecurity + #Medicare ! #WePeople on meme apps can't address #Bible book literacy! #EveryGodDamnProblem

https://www.salon.com/2026/06/13/gop-has-a-new-plan-to-kill-off-medicare-and-social-security/

Three disabled tankers. Three dead sailors. Meanwhile, Republicans are eyeing Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. EX POST!™ asks two questions tonight: How far is too far abroad, and why are ordinary Americans always asked to pay the bill? @EXPostNewsMedia

#Iran #Medicare #SocialSecurity #Politics #WorldNews

"At the American Medical Association’s annual meeting this week, members of the group’s House of Delegates are sending a direct message to their leaders: Call out Kennedy, even if it costs us in the pocketbook.

That message was stated most clearly in the election of Sandra Fryhofer, an internist from Atlanta and uncompromising Kennedy critic, as AMA president-elect."

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/ama-doctors-physicians-rfk-vaccines-00957489

#healthcare #PublicHealth #AMA #physicians #medicaid #medicare #vaccines #lgbtq #transgender #USpol

Report finds high denial rates at UnitedHealth, two other Medicare Advantage plans

The nation’s largest for-profit Medicare Advantage insurers denied pre-approval requests for post-hospital care 51% to 80% of the time, the study says. The industry says the findings paint a flawed picture.

https://www.startribune.com/report-finds-high-denial-rates-at-unitedhealth-two-other-medicare-advantage-plans/601855968

#TopNews #News #MedicareAdvantage #UnitedHealth #Medicare