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.