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Re:Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video] by berg01 on Monday April 30, 2018 @06:23PM (#16963000)
She is having the surgery in the US:

https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368

I guess she has a health insurance as part of her employment at Adam Savage's Tested.com.

Having a Swedish citizenship, she also has the option to travel back to Sweden, sign a form and within a day or so be eligle for free healthcare there.

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Re:Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video] by evfanknitram on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @01:12AM (#16964727)
Why would she have to sign a form and wait a day to be eligible?

I have never had to sign a form to get healthcare here.

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Re:Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video] by abcd_f on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:55AM (#16965052)
Probably to re-establish the residency status. The same thing is in Canada except the med coverage restarts 3 months after you settle back on the Canadian soil.
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Re:Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video] by berg01 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @03:38AM (#16965236)
Exactly.
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