Medicare runs out

I agree with the above comment 👆🏻. I’m actually wondering why the BCNA, and similar, can’t help pay for things like this. A lot of fundraising goes on. I know the bulk of it goes to research, but I think that some of it needs to be put aside for cases like these, cos there are so many. I was shocked when I went for my ultrasound, then mammogram, last year when I found my lump. After it, reception told me I needed to pay just over $800. This wasn’t mentioned at any time during the tests. I just looked at them dumbfounded. I didn’t know how to react cos I simply didn’t have it. And then I started feeling anxious, which is the last thing I needed after just realising I probably had bc. I told them I was unemployed and a single mum on a pensioner account, and luckily one of the ladies redid something on the computer and told me I didn’t have to pay. The relief!! But after that so many more tests were necessary, each costing around the same, with about half being refunded by Medicare. I was too shocked but the ca diagnosis to really have time to continue to be worried about that too, but afterwards I just thought it was a disgrace. Absolute disgrace. I just think of politicians driving their expensive cars, lovely big homes etc, and here we are, not able to pay for a test to determine if we have ca or not. And all the charity work being done, funds raised. Where is it??? Why do we have to read about situations like this? It’s really distressing. I thought about organising a pink bun party or similar, but then didn’t, cos I’d like the proceeds to go to women and men who need it in these kinds of cases, not just for research which big pharma would thwart anyway if anyone came close to finding a cheap cure or treatment.