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IG_Semmelweiss on May 20, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Amateur” programmer fought cancer with 50 Nvidia ...

and this is why healthcare is the #1 source of bankruptcy in the US.

Some people believe that every single person must have Mercedes-Benz type of care in the US.

They cannot fathom that some of the plebs (do they even exist for them?) may want to make their own independent healthcare choices, and are willing to accept the risk ... (or can only afford!) a Suzuki.

jseliger on May 20, 2022 [–]

and this is why healthcare is the #1 source of bankruptcy in the US.

May not be true: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/0...

The regulatory burden on medical treatments is far too high, however, and we should have the right to try: https://fee.org/archive/topics/Right%20to%20Try

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