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Dad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’ (nypost.com)

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[–] wabasso@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

But even if you made the insurance system completely non-profit, there’s no upper bound on how much you can spend on each individual. You’d still run into cases where you have to distribute a limited number of resources.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Most of the world can pull it off. Why not the US?

[–] AngryRedHerring@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Fuckin' A.

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 4 points 5 hours ago

Let's cross that bridge once we get there