The last story: $150,000 for medical treatments!? That poor guy was going to die instead of trying to treat his cancer because it was too expensive. This is an all too common thing that happens in the USA. Luckily, he got some help and was able to treat it.
Just because someone is coughing, it does not mean someone has cancer. Her husband should have gone to a naturopathic doctor who would have given him better treatment.