Our healthcare system is so broken [View all]
A dear friend of mine was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer on March 3rd. She was going to start treatment, when she was feeling very weak on Saturday March 15th, could not keep her balance. Then she started to slur her speech, so she was taken back to the hospital.
She had a small stroke. On top of that her liver was failing, ammonia and calcium levels were high. Cancer was spreading rapidly. On Tuesday March 25th her husband made the hardest decision of his life, and to move his wife to palliative care only. She was given only a week or so to live. She did not even last that long. She died early on Wednesday March 26th.
For those three weeks of in and out hospitalization, antibiotics, pain meds, tests, etc costs were over $300k. Thankfully they had insurance, and their costs is "only" $18k.
$300k. She didn't even get to receive any chemo. This is why our healthcare system is completely broken. Those costs are astronomical.
I had wanted to go see her in April, after passover, after her initial diagnosis. But I never did get to do so given how fast she went.
If I am able to share the gofundme that I set up for her husband to get bills paid, etc. here I would. But I believe that goes against the rules.
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