I went on a trip to NYC a few years back and due to a series of unusual events, I actually forgot to get travel insurance.
Less than 2 weeks after we arrived back home, a 21cm cyst that had grown on one of my ovaries (unbeknownst to me) finally tipped over and twisted my Fallopian tube. Truly the most pain I have ever endured and resulted in a week in hospital and emergency surgery. That thing was a ticking time bomb and it still makes me break out in a cold sweat when I think what if it happened whilst I was uninsured in NYC?! I would be either dead or paying for the rest of my life!
I hope Patient A is doing well and healing quickly. I have a rant about how Shit our healthcare in the US is. My child has very bad eczema. Dr at the Mayo Clinic recommends Dupixent. Our insurance denies us not once but twice. So we ask the drug company for assistance. Denied. Guess how much the medicine is? Context. It is a preloaded pen. It arrives is a styrofoam box and needs to be refrigerated. I would give one shot on the same day every two weeks. So two shots a month. The cost - $3,400 per month. The first dose is actually to shots then you go down to two a month. So just to start it’s $5,100. Also she would be on this medication for at least 15 years. Denied. I have been so worried I literally chewed a hole in my bottom lip. I’d love to move to England. This is just another reason why.
Shortly after my first child was born, there was a documentary on the telly about the costs involved with giving birth. Not the pre and post natal care, just the big event. I was shocked. Considering how many babies are born in NHS hospitals every day!
I went on a trip to NYC a few years back and due to a series of unusual events, I actually forgot to get travel insurance.
Less than 2 weeks after we arrived back home, a 21cm cyst that had grown on one of my ovaries (unbeknownst to me) finally tipped over and twisted my Fallopian tube. Truly the most pain I have ever endured and resulted in a week in hospital and emergency surgery. That thing was a ticking time bomb and it still makes me break out in a cold sweat when I think what if it happened whilst I was uninsured in NYC?! I would be either dead or paying for the rest of my life!
I hope Patient A is doing well and healing quickly. I have a rant about how Shit our healthcare in the US is. My child has very bad eczema. Dr at the Mayo Clinic recommends Dupixent. Our insurance denies us not once but twice. So we ask the drug company for assistance. Denied. Guess how much the medicine is? Context. It is a preloaded pen. It arrives is a styrofoam box and needs to be refrigerated. I would give one shot on the same day every two weeks. So two shots a month. The cost - $3,400 per month. The first dose is actually to shots then you go down to two a month. So just to start it’s $5,100. Also she would be on this medication for at least 15 years. Denied. I have been so worried I literally chewed a hole in my bottom lip. I’d love to move to England. This is just another reason why.
Shortly after my first child was born, there was a documentary on the telly about the costs involved with giving birth. Not the pre and post natal care, just the big event. I was shocked. Considering how many babies are born in NHS hospitals every day!
Well stated sir