'Big downsizing': GOP plans to snatch health coverage from 'millions of low-income' people

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19. All the best to her. The result my friend has

endured is uncommon, at least through all our research it never came up and I’ve not run across it since.

Hers was discovered by accident really. I went with her to UCSF (3rd best neurology dept in the country or so it was listed in 2010.). We did lots of research and chose clipping over coil for a number of reasons. Her surgeon was well-known (Sharon Stone’s) and we liked him. Afterwards, when she emerged with dementia, we were told she either had a stroke on the table (no MRI evidence so they said the titanium clip could have been blocking the evidence) or she had a dementia in progress which the surgery accelerated (she was laser sharp before and I dismissed this theory). Both explanations were suspect but hey, they were the best so …

Several years later at a neuro evaluation at Stanford, they said the reason was undoubtedly mechanical due to the complication of accessing the location of her particular aneurysm. Now this was a ‘duh’ moment. UCSF viewed her surgery a success so it would not show up on undesirable outcomes. Success = patient did not die. I like UCSF a lot, believe her surgeon was skilled, and that outcomes are not guaranteed with any surgery particularly such a complex one. But I’m bitter about being lied to and them not even holding something that obvious out as a reason.

Sorry for the tangent. My friend was managing director of a non-profit, lost her job of course, her life turned upside down, friends drifted away due to her dementia. I’ve known her since we were 13, she’s like a sister, and of couse I couldn’t step over a friend in need.

We both rely on Social Security and Medicare. The cruelty of this administration is beyond words.