Here’s an example. One of the pills my wife took for several years to treat her breast cancer cost $16330.08 per month. Another was $15280 per month. So $100k would’ve lasted her about 6 months (she took one drug, then switched to the other). This of course doesn’t include the chemo given by injection, the medications she took to combat all the side effects from that, the radiation therapy, mastectomy, reconstructive surgery…
But if you’ll let me opine for a minute here, $100k from Taylor Swift is an insult. Just as a goof, let’s reframe this from Taylor’s perspective. She flies around in a Dassault Falcon 7X. This plane has a fuel capacity of about 32,000lbs, which at 6.75lb/gal and a nationwide-average Jet-A price of $6.28/gal today, costs about $29770 to fill. So it’s about 3 1/3 tanks of gas for her plane. Apparently a child’s life is worth about as much to her as not having to fly commercial a couple times.
But it’s even more ridiculous than that, because Taylor Swift is worth $1.6 billion. $100k is a smaller chunk of her net worth than a single fucking Big Mac is to the average American. Don’t go to McDonald’s. Eat the rich instead.
Considering the health care costs in USA, how many months does 100,000 buy if you’re not 100% covered by insurance?
Here’s an example. One of the pills my wife took for several years to treat her breast cancer cost $16330.08 per month. Another was $15280 per month. So $100k would’ve lasted her about 6 months (she took one drug, then switched to the other). This of course doesn’t include the chemo given by injection, the medications she took to combat all the side effects from that, the radiation therapy, mastectomy, reconstructive surgery…
But if you’ll let me opine for a minute here, $100k from Taylor Swift is an insult. Just as a goof, let’s reframe this from Taylor’s perspective. She flies around in a Dassault Falcon 7X. This plane has a fuel capacity of about 32,000lbs, which at 6.75lb/gal and a nationwide-average Jet-A price of $6.28/gal today, costs about $29770 to fill. So it’s about 3 1/3 tanks of gas for her plane. Apparently a child’s life is worth about as much to her as not having to fly commercial a couple times.
But it’s even more ridiculous than that, because Taylor Swift is worth $1.6 billion. $100k is a smaller chunk of her net worth than a single fucking Big Mac is to the average American. Don’t go to McDonald’s. Eat the rich instead.
Like 3 days worth of cancer treatment.