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by athrun 813 days ago
From his Wikipedia page:

> In 2010, Ward was diagnosed with a serious neurological disorder that required treatment at the Mayo Clinic. His friend Tim Kask helped to establish a fund to help Ward offset some of the medical bills.

I mean, good on his friend, it was a very kind thing to do. But also, wow, what a messed up place the US is...

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> But also, wow, what a messed up place the US is...

Quite a lot of the things that would simply be untreatable in many places are treatable in the US, but it's expensive.

I don't know if that's the case here, but knowing that can help you understand that the place where a lot of things originate (and start out expensive) is the place that eventually commercialises them to the point where other countries can buy them as a package.