Lose Your Wealth for Health...or Die Trying

Lose your wealth, lose your health? Is draining your finances the way to live a healthy life? Medication can cost thousands of dollars especially new non-generics and injectables. Recent news reports a new one at $30,000 for treatment for one person. This was a preliminary guesstimate, mind you. It was unclear how long the treatment would take or how many shots is a cure. Perhaps this is part of the pre-debut gimmick that medicine companies produce time and again. Regardless of this scene, it is up to you and your health care basic instinct to determine how much money your health is really worth.

Is it really worth debt? Should you have to suffer health loss and financial loss? Is $30,000 a year the magic number for health care expenses? Oh wait..."I don't even make $30,000!" That's near the poverty line. Government assistance like Medicaid usually requires more. For instance, to qualify for nursing home placement you must lower your net worth by decreasing your assets to $2000. Does that qualify one for a $30,000 drug?

Great health is true wealth, but how much are you willing to pay? Death and taxes are sure bets, and so is your health.