When I died • Hacker News Board

Re: When I died

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Post by andreyf » Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 9:59 AM UTC

holygoat wrote: post #24

dflock wrote: post #21

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Having grown up in the UK, I've always taken for granted that this level of healthcare is readily available to me whenever I might need it, money no object. The concept of having to consider the cost implications of treatment like this seems very alien to me. I'm now contemplating moving abroad and this is something that I've been thinking about lately. Not having the NHS around would have made me hesitate more befor…

You should always consider the cost implications. The money has to come from somewhere — it's just that on the NHS, other taxpayers are the ones responsible for your health problems. (I'm a Brit who's had a little too much social liberalism today. Sorry.)

Yeah, but it's still a fraction of what we pay in the US where the insurance industry takes a nice chunk :-P

Re: When I died

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 12:02 PM UTC

mhb wrote: post #22

pwmanagerdied wrote: post #16

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Owtch. This post would probably have a better score of people knew Lee Valley didn't have an affiliate program.

Is that what people are thinking - that I'm angling to rake in 10 cents on some kind of business relationship with Lee Valley? I sure am curious what they have in mind.

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Re: When I died

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Post by sounddust » Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 12:04 PM UTC

mhb wrote: post #22

pwmanagerdied wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Owtch. This post would probably have a better score of people knew Lee Valley didn't have an affiliate program.

Is that what people are thinking - that I'm angling to rake in 10 cents on some kind of business relationship with Lee Valley? I sure am curious what they have in mind.

As one person who downvoted it, I apologize. My subconscious spam detector went crazy when I read that comment, and I just instinctively clicked the down arrow. I quickly realized my mistake after reading the reply, but unfortunately we can't undo votes here.

The good thing about HN, however, is that incorrect scores for comments are corrected pretty quickly by others.

Re: When I died

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Post by sailormoon » Sat, Jul 18, 2009, 3:34 PM UTC

frossie wrote: post #4

maryrosecook wrote: post #2

I posted this because I thought the HN community might find the doctors' problem solving approach interesting.

No kidding - it sounds like House MD was on the case. She was lucky to survive. It is interesting that she had cardiac surgery as an infant. It does remind me of the situation of an acquaintance where the patient had cardiac problems as an infant/toddler that were fixed and then essentially moved on until they suddenly dropped dead (while apparently fit and healthy) in their early twenties. One one hand you'd think g…

That happened to the best friend of an old school friend of mine, too. Not even 30, prime of his life, just released first indie CD with my friend, everything going splendidly then suddenly - playing basketball one day, just falls over dead. The ambulance was there within a minute or two from the hospital right down the road - nothing they could do. No previous symptoms that anyone knew about.

It's customary to end an anecdote like this with a short "morsel of wisdom" summarising the above but shit, what can you say to that. Go to the doctor, folks. Checkup once every 2 years. Could save your life.

Re: When I died

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Post by dflock » Sun, Jul 19, 2009, 12:59 AM UTC

maryrosecook wrote: post #29

holygoat wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should always consider the cost implications. The money has to come from somewhere — it's just that on the NHS, other taxpayers are the ones responsible for your health problems. (I'm a Brit who's had a little too much social liberalism today. Sorry.)

Yes, I certainly know how lucky I am to live in a country with a nationalised health service. And I am eternally grateful to the rest of the population who have contributed to my healthcare via their taxes. I know that if I live to be a hundred, the taxes I pay won't get close to covering the cost.

I can only speak for myself, but I'm glad some of my taxes get spent of things like this, even if I were never to benefit, it's still an absolute good.