This video literally made my morning. If anyone deserves a successful recovery it's Simone. I admire her authenticity and humor, even in the face of something as terrifying as brain surgery. Hopefully when she's feeling up to it we'll be entertained again by shitty robots again :)
Simone Giertz – Back from brain surgery [video]
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#22I’ve never worried so much about someone I never actually met. The time after her surgery without updates on her twitter account was hard and it’s funny to see that a lot of people felt that way (if you read the tweets from that time you’ll see what I am talking about).
It is great to see her doing so well. Medicine has come a long way... the bills not so much.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
With most insurance I feel like you will hit your max out of pocket before you would hit that amount. Depending on your insurance plan you could be talking $3,000-$10,000 max you would have to spend.
I mean this in the nicest possible way; the casual way Americans talk about these things makes me wonder if they aren't suffering some form of Stockholm syndrome. The percentage of the population who don't have anything like that kind of money in savings is huge. And that is after you already pay huge amounts for insurance.
For me it’s more that I’ve accepted it’s hopeless.
Like gun control the issue has reached a stable equilibrium of political stupidity and I don’t see how it could change in the current climate.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
With most insurance I feel like you will hit your max out of pocket before you would hit that amount. Depending on your insurance plan you could be talking $3,000-$10,000 max you would have to spend.
I mean this in the nicest possible way; the casual way Americans talk about these things makes me wonder if they aren't suffering some form of Stockholm syndrome. The percentage of the population who don't have anything like that kind of money in savings is huge. And that is after you already pay huge amounts for insurance.
It's worse than that: "63% Of Americans Don't Have Enough Savings To Cover A $500 Emergency"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2016/01/06/63-of-...
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
With most insurance I feel like you will hit your max out of pocket before you would hit that amount. Depending on your insurance plan you could be talking $3,000-$10,000 max you would have to spend.
I mean this in the nicest possible way; the casual way Americans talk about these things makes me wonder if they aren't suffering some form of Stockholm syndrome. The percentage of the population who don't have anything like that kind of money in savings is huge. And that is after you already pay huge amounts for insurance.
I am pretty sure we do have Stockholm syndrome to some extent. Depending on your situation you can try to min/max the health insurance available to you to fit your needs.
Those who are fortunate to have good benefits are also usually able to set aside money for medical expenses. On the opposite side of things you end up having people with poor to no insurance with medical bills of more then they can afford to ever pay.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
With most insurance I feel like you will hit your max out of pocket before you would hit that amount. Depending on your insurance plan you could be talking $3,000-$10,000 max you would have to spend.
I mean this in the nicest possible way; the casual way Americans talk about these things makes me wonder if they aren't suffering some form of Stockholm syndrome. The percentage of the population who don't have anything like that kind of money in savings is huge. And that is after you already pay huge amounts for insurance.
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#27We live in a world of marvels.
Often we talk of the future and it's wonders waiting to be discovered, but the here and now has become equally astonishing.
The breadth, depth and scale of human ingenuity and endeavour is jaw-dropping and here Simone and her story is another example.
Maybe I'm being trite by looking for the good in the bad but pause for a moment and think of all that has been learned, how we have built a society and developed infrastructure such that at this particular confluence of time and space we as a species are capable of performing this life saving surgery.
And half a world away I follow the story through yet more confluences of knowledge and development.
It is astonishing. i know it's tempting to take it for granted but take a step back and think about it for a moment. It's astonishing.
I'm 32. I can only imagine how much more marvels I'll witness in my life, either remotely or in person.
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#28That's put a smile on my face to see her looking well but ouch, that's quite a bill. I had a transnasal craniotomy (surgery through the nose) back in 2012 to remove a pituitary tumour. Not technically brain surgery, but they did need to cut a hole in my skull to get to it. I spent a week or so in ICU to recover.
Luckily being UK based I didn't have a bill of any kind to pay afterwards and was paid in full while I recovered.
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#29With most insurance I feel like you will hit your max out of pocket before you would hit that amount. Depending on your insurance plan you could be talking $3,000-$10,000 max you would have to spend. khwaja" rel="nofollow">https://www.sherekhudahazratali.com/2015/07/khwaja-moinuddin... moinuddin chishti quotes in hind
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
I mean this in the nicest possible way; the casual way Americans talk about these things makes me wonder if they aren't suffering some form of Stockholm syndrome. The percentage of the population who don't have anything like that kind of money in savings is huge. And that is after you already pay huge amounts for insurance.
I am pretty sure we do have Stockholm syndrome to some extent. Depending on your situation you can try to min/max the health insurance available to you to fit your needs. Those who are fortunate to have good benefits are also usually able to set aside money for medical expenses. On the opposite side of things you end up having people with poor to no insurance with medical bills of more then they can afford to ever pa…
> you can try to min/max the health insurance available to you to fit your needs.
How do you do that though? The video which started this discussion is a young healthy woman who suddenly discovered she had a brain tumour. It could happen to anyone.
Fair enough, if I have a large amount of savings I might try to reduce the monthly payment by increasing the amount of risk I'm taking. But aren't those the people who would be most likely to have their insurance as part of their benefits package and so aren't paying for it directly anyway?