(12-13-2018, 12:49 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: https://sports.yahoo.com/news/day-thankf...52954.html

Btw, the more aggressive treatment plan was simply surgery.

Wow.
Assuming this article quotes the Australian doctors correctly, the surgery she got in Ohio has already extended her life by 12 months compared to the forecast that the Australian doctors gave. She was supposed to be dead sometime in January 2018. I see another article that says the surgery was so successful that she does not need chemotherapy.

We should remember that in America, doctors and insurance plans do similar calculations when they decide whether to offer surgeries and whether to pay for them. however if you are willing and able to pay upfront, you can usually go against their advice in America. In England and in Canada it is not possible to pay more and get the care you want. All of the doctors work for the same organization and that organization owns all the hospitals. But in most of western Europe and Latin america, it is possible because some of the hospitals and doctors operate privately. I don't know how it works in Australia.

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