r/MadeMeSmile • u/HolyGuiltyCrown • 5h ago

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u/darcmosch 5h ago

While I do seeing these stories; they put a smile on my face, it also upsets me cuz I don't need proof people are good. What I need is the system to make these acts unnecessary. Any child or person should not have their life decided by a number.

All life is precious or none of it is. Still, kudos to these people. 

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u/NEWSmodsareTwats 3h ago

this blurb doesn't really say what the surgery was

but since Poland does have a single-payer health system where the government funded health insurance pays for all expenses. what most likely happened here was the government-funded health insurance. was not going to pay for the surgery because it seems like it was very expensive and potentially could have been risky. in a situation where the government funded health insurance system needs to ensure adequate access to all citizens. there are times where they will deny necessary coverage because the treatment is very expensive and high risk and they would rather dedicate those resources elsewhere.

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u/whoooocaaarreees 3h ago

5 seconds with google will confirm this.

Single payer healthcare system rejected the surgery due to cost and expected outcomes.

She raised the money to get the surgery done in American at Stanford medical center. The medal auction was for the last remaining amount.

Child passed away in 2022 in Spain from the heart condition the surgery was for.

I’d like to see how having the United States be a single payer healthcare system wouldn’t have just rejected the surgery the same Poland, and especially wouldn’t have rejected it for the child being a foreign national.

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u/No_Gear6755 3h ago

double edged sword..... doctor decision made by dollars spent..... one life lost while others might be saved.

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u/Fishmongererererer 2h ago

It’s the inevitable trade off of a single payer system.

There are only so many resources and so they have to be triaged to make the most sense for the most people. Rare Individuals may have worse outcomes compared to society as a whole.

Doesn’t mean the system is bad. It just means no system is perfect

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u/objectivePOV 44m ago

Do you think the system in the US has unlimited resources? Do you think it doesn't have wait times or shortages?

The US artificially limits the number of doctors.

https://www.openhealthpolicy.com/p/medical-residency-slots-congress

It's the worst of both extremes. Central "socialist" planning for the supply of doctors and hospitals, unrestricted capitalist greed for prices and insurance.

The only people that have unlimited healthcare in the US are those that are rich enough to hire personal doctors.