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She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment. https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368
That is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.
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That is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.
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It's good that her tumor isn't cancerous, but she's going to be out of action for at least a year. I see other people saying that she can make a full recovery, but this is not the type of thing you ever fully recover from. Two of my girlfriends had brain tumors, both in their 20s. It's life changing, if not life shattering.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain#Brain_tumor_diagno...
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That is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.
Nobody made that point and it definitely doesn't prove it. Edit: Also weird that you seemed to first imply that the U.S system wasn't great
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That is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.
Maybe she’s wealthy enough to be able to not go bankrupt for her treatment, and staying around friends and family and avoiding travel are all good ideas for someone with brain cancer?
The situation you're referring to applies to the 11-12% of Americans who have no health insurance. An unfortunate situation that the US should work to rectify (ideally with a universal option), but hardly the third-world situation most Europeans envision.
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Maybe she’s wealthy enough to be able to not go bankrupt for her treatment, and staying around friends and family and avoiding travel are all good ideas for someone with brain cancer?
Not quite how healthcare works in the US. Unless you consider having the money to cover your max out-of-pocket (between 1000-4500usd, depending on insurance plan) and copays (50-125usd) as "wealthy". The situation you're referring to applies to the 11-12% of Americans who have no health insurance. An unfortunate situation that the US should work to rectify (ideally with a universal option), but hardly the third-world…
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Maybe she’s wealthy enough to be able to not go bankrupt for her treatment, and staying around friends and family and avoiding travel are all good ideas for someone with brain cancer?
Not quite how healthcare works in the US. Unless you consider having the money to cover your max out-of-pocket (between 1000-4500usd, depending on insurance plan) and copays (50-125usd) as "wealthy". The situation you're referring to applies to the 11-12% of Americans who have no health insurance. An unfortunate situation that the US should work to rectify (ideally with a universal option), but hardly the third-world…
Max annual out of pocket includes copays, do you don't need to cover both separately, but 1000-4500 is not the range of out of pocket maximums. The limit for a bronze marketplace plan is $7,300 for an individual plan or $14,600 for a family plan; the average for bronze marketplace plans is about for $12,000 for a family plan. And that's for things the plan covers; there's obviously no maximum for services excluded from coverage.
I wonder what one can do to make sure to not run into the same surprise. I am guessing because of the many kinds of cancer that you can’t just do a “cancer checkup” twice a year?
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Not quite how healthcare works in the US. Unless you consider having the money to cover your max out-of-pocket (between 1000-4500usd, depending on insurance plan) and copays (50-125usd) as "wealthy". The situation you're referring to applies to the 11-12% of Americans who have no health insurance. An unfortunate situation that the US should work to rectify (ideally with a universal option), but hardly the third-world…
> Not quite how healthcare works in the US. Unless you consider having the money to cover your max out-of-pocket (between 1000-4500usd, depending on insurance plan) and copays (50-125usd) as "wealthy". Max annual out of pocket includes copays, do you don't need to cover both separately, but 1000-4500 is not the range of out of pocket maximums. The limit for a bronze marketplace plan is $7,300 for an individual plan o…