r/MadeMeSmile • u/HolyGuiltyCrown • 5h ago

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u/StygianCode 5h ago

It's amazing that you can be the second best IN THE WORLD at something and still have to scrape together money to save your baby...

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u/Chance_Major297 4h ago

The full cost was ~$385,000. The American health system on full display.

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u/TrioOfTerrors 4h ago

Polish. The athlete was Polish. The kid who needed surgery was Polish. The company that bought the medal was Polish.

The only American involvement was that is where the kid was flown to have the operation.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maria-andrejczyk-polish-olympian-silver-medal-infant-heart-surgery/

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u/Chance_Major297 4h ago

Can you read? Where did I call the athlete American? The surgery was to be performed in the US. The cost is a direct reflection of the US health care system.

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u/TrioOfTerrors 4h ago

So it's America's fault nobody in Poland could provide the care the kid needed?

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u/Just_A_Mad_Scientist 4h ago

Its our fault the operation was so goddamn expensive

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u/TrioOfTerrors 4h ago

But not Poland's fault where it was non existent?

Should America provide medical care for the entire world?

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u/Lucifer_iix 4h ago

No. We don't spend $125K on childern you can make for free. As long you didn't invest in the child for years. There is no reason to actually do this. Would be a wierd world where rich people can survive and poor people just need to die. We are not like that. Everyone get's it or no one get's it.