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Public or Private (please help!!)
After diagnosis of High Grade DCIS with Mastectomy required. My husband and I are both on the aged pension, and have struggled to maintain private health insurance. I live in a rural area which has n...
Hi @maddi - I was diagnosed eight years ago and asked my doctor about the pros and cons of private or public. I chose public and have experienced no regrets, little did I know at the time that treatment would be ongoing. During this time I have had Herceptin infusions every three weeks so far 112,, regular heart scans and a CT scan once a year, last year there was a local recurrence and I had x15 radiation 'zaps'. In all that time I have only paid for parking. The care is excellent.