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Without yet reading any of the other comments, I have an anecdote that may be interesting to others: One of my father's business partners has a mother that live
by 18pfsmt 15y ago
Without yet reading any of the other comments, I have an anecdote that may be interesting to others: One of my father's business partners has a mother that lives in France. She is ~88 years old, and the family's net-worth is on the order of 100s of millions ($USD). She had a medical condition which required surgery, but due to her age, she was not eligible in France, so she had to come to the US for her surgery. So, it seems like the phrase, "The US has the best healthcare money can buy" still stands.
[I will now read the other 80 comments...]
- agravier 15y agoCould it be that the surgery was deemed too risky to perform on an 88 years old person by french surgeons, and not by the american ones? I have heard similar stories, and that was the case.
- nooop 15y ago> but due to her age, she was not eligible in France I call bullshit on that. Due to general condition maybe, but if you are in great shape except on one risky point and the risk of treatment seems acceptable you are not going to be refused treatment because you are too old.
- 18pfsmt 15y agoWell, she was. She was deemed too old to receive the organ transplant, and the fact that she was willing to pay extra didn't matter. She is now 95.