@coldjoint,
If you had read the post it tells you how much she took out... eight years of her life receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits
Dr Bills paid for a cancer patient and 700 to a 1000 per month for 8 years figure it out...
http://www.patiastephens.com/2010/12/05/ayn-rand-received-social-security-medicare/
Between December 1974 and her death in March 1982, Rand collected a total of $11,002 in monthly Social Security payments. O’Connor received $2,943 between December 1974 and his death in November 1979.
According to a spokesman in the Baltimore headquarters of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Rand and O’Connor were eligible for both Part A, which provides hospital coverage, and Part B, medical. The spokesman said their eligibility for Part B means they did apply for Medicare;
Do you suppose Ayn did not want her medical bills to swallow up her wealth? Sound like Obamacare?
Table II.5-4. Average Per Patient Costs for the Three Periods of
Treatment for Lung Cancer in 1996 dollars
Costs adjusted for inflation using the Medical Care component of the
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) 1996:1984 = 2.14 (Bureau of Labor)
Treatment Period
Incremental Cancer Treatment
Cost
Initial
(3 months)
$26,042
Maintenance
(per year)
$11,325
Terminal
(6 months)
$30,112