Comment by yndoendo

Comment by yndoendo 4 hours ago

There was a Standford professor that was wondering why he had void of cancer patients around 63 and 64. Turns out people wait to get on Medicare for treatment because they cannot afford it with their standard health insurance.

USA would save money in the long run with Universal health care. Since people in the US wait until it gets bad before seeking treatment. This means fights cancer at stage 3 and 4 instead of 1 and 2. Latter the stage the more it costs and less likely for success.

This is one reason foreign doctors come to the US to study and train. Modern countries with Universal Health Care treat at stage 1 and 2 with 3 and 4 being rare ... except for the USA. Need to study advance cancer and aggressive, this USA is a great place.

[0] https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/03/Cancer-diagno...

tptacek 4 hours ago

This doesn't have anything to do with the thread, and hashing this out would tilt a story about Kryptos sharply towards a story on health policy. He's 79, he's very covered by Medicare.

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wahnfrieden 3 hours ago

Where is the rule that comments must stay on topic and avoid diversion? It was a more interesting and informative comment than yours that you've restated here (particularly given that being "very covered by Medicare" does not even counter what you originally replied to, as it will not cover all or perhaps even most costs)

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- tptacek 3 hours ago
  
  This is literally in the guidelines.
  
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  jrflowers 18 minutes ago
  
  “Avoid generic tangents” is up to interpretation. Incidentally, so is “don’t be curmudgeonly”
  Also Medicare does not cover long-term care, so if someone gets sick and develops the need for it, they’re paying out of pocket. It is a possibility that a lot of people plan for financially, which is reasonably in the realm of relevance here.
  What’s not really relevant here are your personal opinions on what medical costs are or are not generally worth planning for financially.
  
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  aspenmayer 3 hours ago
  
  I found their aside relevant to my interests as a fellow HN reader. The guidelines also advise against fulminating; you made your point, and I think it’s fair that theirs also stands.
  
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