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If it's your life, it might be worth it.
by mbiondi 3y ago
If it's your life, it might be worth it.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> it might be worth it It’s absolutely worth it if you can afford it, which the rich world can. But personalised medicine forces us to face, in stark and dollarised terms, the inequity of healthcare access across the world.
- melling 3y agoNot to worry, it’ll be 1000x cheaper in 10 years.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> it’ll be 1000x cheaper in 10 years Personalised medicine has high cost floors. The factors which would enable a triple order-of-magnitude reduction in its cost would sooner realise massive savings elsewhere, which means it’s unlikely a niche cancer treatment would be prioritised.
- a-user-you-like 3y agoThen give it 50 years, have to start somewhere
- kulahan 3y agoMy plan is to get it via a hospital which accepts public funds. This requires them (by law) to offer a payment plan that works for my income level. I'm fine with """paying $1M dollars""" via a monthly bill of $50 or whatever until I die and the rest of the debt evaporates.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> requires them (by law) to offer a payment plan that works for my income level Which is a rich-world perk. (That, to be clear, we absolutely should offer our people.) Side note: do you have a link to more on this law? Currently dealing with an uninsured friend for whom we’re pooling resources for a medical treatment.
- kulahan 3y agoCertainly - here's the CFPB's page on it: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/understanding-required-financial-assistance-in-medical-care/ https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-repor... Note that this is for lower-income households
- pkaye 3y agoIs your friend in the US? If their income is low enough they would qualify for expanded Medicaid or ACA subsidy.
- wing-_-nuts 3y agoI always wonder if they take assets into account with this?
- elicash 3y agoI wouldn't want to burden my family with the debt. Especially if it might not ultimately work. That said, I appreciate that costs will go down over time--even if only somewhat, if the author is correct.
- xwdv 3y agoIf it doesn’t work you get your money back. The worst case scenario is it works but you die in a car crash anyway.
- RobotToaster 3y agoStand and deliver, your money or your life.
- hprotagonist 3y agoi happen to know that this is the lupin express!
- a-user-you-like 3y agoYeah, best to just not have developed it, or to wait until a more equitable country like Norway develops it. Then it will be fair.
- carlmr 3y agoNorway and Germany aren't that different I'd say.
- throwaway743 3y agoDamn haven't thought of Adam Ant in years. Nice
- screwturner68 3y agoIt's cheaper than cancer, the loss of work and the tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on treatment, $100K is totally reasonalble.