[nodesocket]

Oh wow. Feel super bad for her and wish her the best of luck and speedy recovery.

At the same time this absolutely terrifies me and shows how fragile life is. Thankfully Simone is in Sweden so she does not have to worry about the financial impact (she has enough to worry about). I am self employed here in the US and pay for my insurance plan 100% out of pocket (don't qualify for any subsidies). The plan is frankly god-awful with something like an annual max out of pocket of $10,000 and $7,000 deductible. A cancer diagnosis would financially ruin me even though I pay nearly $400 a month in health insurance premiums. If I was diagnosed with cancer, the last thing I should have to worry about is how I am going to pay for it (especially seeing as I pay more than my fair share). The reality is I have way more of financial burden even though I am paying full price than somebody who get's their plan subsidized from Obama Care. They pay significantly less (sometimes nothing), yet have better care than me.

I can truthful say, I would fear the financial impact more than the cancer which is a scary reality.

[timack]

She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment.

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

[berg01]

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.

[evfanknitram]

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.

[abcd_f]

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.

[berg01]

Exactly.