"I hate, loathe and detest "for profit" health care."

I'm sure with you on that. It seems to me that any country where people without jobs and/or money are expected to pay 2 to 8 times (8 is a guess; it could well be higher) more for their medical treatment/drugs than people with jobs/money simply cannot consider itself truly civilised. (Seems to me the folks without jobs/money end up subsidising the medical care of those who do... now is that the wrong way round or what?)

And the hoops that even people with jobs (i.e. insurance -- but only if their jobs are full-(rather than part-)time) have to jump through -- and the runaround they get when they try to get the insurance to pay out... is incredibly stressful -- and (more than) enough to make one sick/keep one from getting better. I know of so many very distressing stories...

Of course, if you have plenty of money, it's not nearly so bad.

It makes me so angry reading about what Hils is being put through (it's really & truly the very last thing you need when you're life-threateningly ill!) -- and I'm not even her mother. I can only try to imagine how you must be feeling...

Anyway, rant over. Still got my fingers crossed for your daughter -- and you.