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US does have an exceptional health care system if you are moderately rich or moderately powerful. There is a reason an Indian communist leader that hates the U
by cscurmudgeon 4y ago
US does have an exceptional health care system if you are moderately rich or moderately powerful.
There is a reason an Indian communist leader that hates the US came to the US flying halfway around the world on tax payer money for medical treatment.
https://swarajyamag.com/amp/story/insta%2Fkerala-chief-minister-pinarayi-vijayan-to-visit-us-again-this-time-for-health-check-up https://swarajyamag.com/amp/story/insta%2Fkerala-chief-minis...
- gorbachev 4y agoI just read this article earlier today about NYU Langone ER prioritizing treatment of VIP patients (politicians, celebrities, donors, trustees of the hospital): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/health/nyu-langone-emergency-room-vip.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/health/nyu-langone-emerge...
- metadat 4y agoJS-free archive link: https://archive.today/eds69 https://archive.today/eds69
- cscurmudgeon 4y agoThat is plainly disgusting.
- speakfreely 4y agoDoctors are typically very status-hungry creatures, thus when someone quantitatively more influential than them comes along, they are extra impressed and pay more attention to them. But simply having an 8 digit net worth won't do much for you, except to allow you to buy expensive concierge medicine services that can use their medical community connections to pull strings for you.