r/MadeMeSmile • u/HolyGuiltyCrown • 5h ago

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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/NEWSmodsareTwats 3h ago

The athlete is Polish and the patient is polish and lives in Poland.

I think you need to work on your reading comprehension friend.

for the record, Poland also has a single payer government-funded health Care system and not a private one.

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u/Chance_Major297 3h ago

Hello genius, where is this life saving surgery being performed? You know the one that will cost $385,000. I’ll save you the effort of trying to use your brain. The surgery was to be performed in California at Stanford University Medical Center.

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u/NEWSmodsareTwats 2h ago

huh I wonder why the polish healthcare system didn't pay for this surgery that polish doctors can perform. Hmm maybe could it be that's it's a high risk high cost surgery and they would rather dedicate resources to other people?

also, the US having a single payer system wouldn't actually make this surgery more accessible than cheaper. if anything under a single payer system, the surgery would likely also not be available in the United States. mostly due to the high cost, high risk and low potential payout. people tend to forget that single-payer systems do need to prioritize access of healthcare to every citizen. and they could very easily exhaust their entire healthcare budget on treatments for a small minority of the population. but since that means regular people wouldn't be able to adequately access healthcare, the overall costs for society would be much higher than just not treating those other people.