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Thing is a good public option decimates the market for advanced private care of the level you have in the US. Here in Norway the private health providers that
by varjag 6y ago
Thing is a good public option decimates the market for advanced private care of the level you have in the US.
Here in Norway the private health providers that do exist mostly deal with low-investment, low-asset, high-return cases. They will look into your psoriasis but ain't going to treat your cancer.
Fortunately the advanced care in public system is great. Still it's not unheard for patients that can afford it to go to the USA for specific treatments.
- DanBC 6y ago> decimates the market for advanced private care of the level you have in the US. > Still it's not unheard for patients that can afford it to go to the USA for specific treatments. They're often getting very expensive, but not very good, treatment that do not lengthen life nor improve quality of life. Sometimes these treatments reduce length of life or quality of life.
- varjag 6y agoNo, I'm talking specifically about things like bleeding edge treatments for late cancer stages accessible only in top U.S. hospitals. Treatments that are still in trials or just approved and not available in Norway yet. Sometimes they would work and sometimes they wouldn't, but in Norway your option then is basically arranging your own funerals.
- kritiko 6y agohttps://www.aleris.no/en/cancer-center/cancer/ https://www.aleris.no/en/cancer-center/cancer/ "Aleris’s Cancer Centre (Aleris Kreftsenter) provides a complete range of diagnostic tests and therapies for most types of cancer. We offer the latest cancer drugs and innovative treatments, such as immunotherapy, before they are available in public hospitals."