A 50-year-old Swedish woman who lost her hand in a farming accident has been fitted with a cutting-edge prosthesis that has proved transformational.

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you forget that in europe, the insurance probably has to pay all that money.

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And you forget that in Europe there’s no insurance, but an ACTUAL NHS!
(not to mention that, being a prototype, was probably free)

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Wait what? I live in the Netherlands and pay about a 140 a month for health insurance.

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Why on earth do you do that? Is it to cover dental or something?

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I think you missed what their on about. Probably you weren’t growing up in the 70s

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that’s true. what do you think they meant?

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