• Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Curiously, for a guy with a Dutch surname had he lived in The Netherlands, even though that country does not have a National Healthcare System and instead has (hightly regulated) Healthcare Insurance, fighting cancer wouldn’t have left his family near bankrupt.

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      for a guy with a Dutch surname

      Born in Connecticut.

      fighting cancer wouldn’t have left his family near bankrupt.

      Hell, he might have survived it if he’d had access to regular checkups and early intervention.

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        Nah, one thing Dutch healthcare does not do is regular checkups and interventions. I guess that free GP visits could have helped though…