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She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment. https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368 https://twitter.com/SimoneGie
by timack 8y ago
She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment.
https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368 https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368
- nodesocket 8y agoThat is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.
- berg01 8y agoIn this particular case (I have personal experience and have done the research) I'd say the two countries are on par, if you are lucky enough to get the top level treatment in each country.
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- nodesocket 8y agoPeople not having access to care is not related to the quality of the care. The fact that she has completely free medical care in Sweden, but is staying in the US to have the surgery proves that the quality of the care in the US when you can afford it is the best in the world. You are misunderstanding what quality of care means.
- jeffhiggins 8y agoMaybe 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?
- deaddodo 8y agoNot 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 situation most Europeans envision.
- nodesocket 8y agoI don't know what plan you have, but my $400 a month plan max out of pocket is <strike>$10,000</strike> $7,350 annual (resets each and every year).
- dragonwriter 8y ago> 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 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.
- suddenseizure 8y ago.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> It depends on your plan? Sure, your actual personal plan maximum depends on your plan. The range of maximums that characterizes healthcare plans in the US, however, does not depend on your plan, and it definitely does not top out at $4500/yr for even an individual plan.
- brailsafe 8y agoNobody 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
- nodesocket 8y agoI am implying that insurance is awful, the actual care if money is not an issue is the best in the world in the US.
- DanBC 8y ago> The actual care if money is not an issue is the best in the world in the US. That doesn't seem to be true across a range of indicators.
- curiousgal 8y agoYou’re being sarcastic right?