Re:Employer health plans are getting pricier and skimpier
by mattkrause on Thursday September 26, 2019 @08:15AM
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Have you ever actually tried to do this? It is hard.
A family friend, a smart guy with excellent insurance, was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Since I’m a neuroscience researcher, he asked me for advice. Despite working in an immediately adjacent field, at a Parkinson’s Centre of Excellence, with access to experts and tons of relevant training and literature, I found it very difficult to make a recommendation, even between the options his doctors had already laid out. I can only imagine how hard this would be if I had to consider the price of these treatments too.
Re:Employer health plans are getting pricier and skimpier
by kelnos on Thursday September 26, 2019 @03:36PM
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No one said it was easy. Regardless, I'm not sure this particular example is relevant: you cherry-picked something that actually _is_ hard to decide about.
A family friend, a smart guy with excellent insurance, was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Since I’m a neuroscience researcher, he asked me for advice. Despite working in an immediately adjacent field, at a Parkinson’s Centre of Excellence, with access to experts and tons of relevant training and literature, I found it very difficult to make a recommendation, even between the options his doctors had already laid out. I can only imagine how hard this would be if I had to consider the price of these treatments too.