Luigi was from a life of privilege, parents likely firmly in the 1%, and was incredibly well educated in a high paying field.
He had to deal with the American Healthcare system on what was likely the worst possible plan (he read Any Rand) for one injury in 20s and threw his entire life away to merc a single CEO.
It really speaks to the two different America’s the rich and everyone else experiences. Like, it gets said all the time the wealthy couldn’t live like an average person. But they really can’t.
It’s a big reasons conservatives hate any kind of education and neoliberals are fine with shit k-12 and unaffordable college so onlly elites afford it. They both benefit from a large poor working class, and that’s easier when they can’t figure out what’s going on and have been treated like shit since they were kids.
Which is stupid because I is largely random. Who knows how many Einstein’s were born in poverty and never had a chance to learn shit?
It constantly drives me crazy that the Dem party just kinda forgot about education.
They did not forgot, they decided they weren’t going to campaign on it likely becayse they and their donors benefit from it. Never let them convince you that they just forgot
Luigi was from a life of privilege, parents likely firmly in the 1%, and was incredibly well educated in a high paying field.
He had to deal with the American Healthcare system on what was likely the worst possible plan (he read Any Rand) for one injury in 20s and threw his entire life away to merc a single CEO.
I fail to see how these 2 statements are true, if his parents/family were part of the 1% why would he simply not pay for his medical costs out of pocket?
Maybe if his parents had cut him off in some way, but from what I’ve seen of the publicly released stuff he seems to be the “good son” so I can’t see why they would
if his parents/family were part of the 1% why would he simply not pay for his medical costs out of pocket?
At 26 you’re on your own insurance and he was a right wing tech bro, it’s a safe assumption he had the cheapest insurance, got hurt and bailed out, then got the “good” insurance and found out it’s shit too.
He had major back surgery and then other shit, it could have went over a million, and the wealthy stay wealthy for generations by understanding wealth is finite. At a certain point they may have cut him off for deductibles and/or insurance capped out.
He could just be pissed Doctor’s won’t investigate the issue, because insurance told them not to.
There’s a lot of reasons to be pissed at insurance, and a lot of reasons health issues bankrupt even well off families.
Got news for you, the top 1% != the top 0.1%. Honestly I’ve used “is someone rich?” If they can shrug off any medical bill and not have to change their quality of life. There are literally bills that are 5-7 digits which even someone in the top 1% can’t handle. Hell I’m technically in the top 6% and if I got cancer or another rare illness, my finances would be straight up fucked.
So, though those people may seem well off to the “average” person. We’re all in the same boat unless super rich.
That’s a really good point.
According to the NYT
The back pain was not his only struggle. He wrote at times about “brain fog” that had worsened during his college years, making studying more difficult. Doctors could not seem to figure out what was happening, he reported.
“It’s absolutely brutal to have such a life-halting issue,” he wrote.
He also posted on a page for people dealing with irritable bowel syndrome, saying that he had undergone some testing for the condition. He said the testing had been covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield — his only reference in the Reddit writings to insurance coverage.
As someone who went multiple years from doctor to doctor trying to find the cause for disabling symptoms, I can relate that he must have faced lots of suffering.
When you don’t have diagnosis, the medical system really isn’t there for you. You’re treated as a malingerer.
Doctors don’t propose treatment solely for pain in this situation. They’ll refer you to a pain management specialist after washing their hands of you.
I had a neurologist tell me that it can be like trying to address electrical issues after a car accident. The pains are unreliable indicators, and the complication of the issues so unpredictable that no doctor wants to risk malpractice on a hunch.
I’m not talking about the back pain, but the brain fog and bowel symptoms.
He ended up getting surgery and diagnosis for the back issue. Not the rest though.