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Doctors Remove Woman’s Brain Implant Against Her Will (futurism.com)
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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (8 children)

Your bullshit counter is broken, Steven

here's the link from MIT technology review : https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/25/1073634/brain-implant-removed-against-her-will/

here's their imprimatur from the MIT itself : https://news.mit.edu/1995/tech-review-0201

I'd have that clicking checked out

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    That has no additional information. I'm not saying the story is made up. Just that it leaves out a lot of important details about what exact mechanism was used to "force" her.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    If she's insured, she would lose her insurance, if her medical care is being provided at no cost from the state through medicare she would lose that, so, they really leave the person no choice. Show up and have this fucking thing removed, or lose any future medical care whatsoever. I mean, it's still a choice, sure. No one forces anyone to eat or drink either, Steve.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    That's speculation. They seem like reasonable possibilities, but we don't know because it wasn't explained.
    At worse, all that is coercion. Well mostly just natural consequences really. Still not force.

    People can absolutely be forced to eat or drink. It's been done in the past, when inmates go on a hunger strike. Half a dozen people strap them down, force a feeding tube down their throats. If lucky, they'd be sedated first.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    They aren't reasonable possibilities, because Medicare covers everyone over 65 regardless of their medical history and ACA health insurance plans are required to enroll all applicants regardless of age or medical history.

    The latter can raise your premium if you smoke tobacco. That's literally the only power of "coercion" they have available. All your other choices are off-limits.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    In the US, you can't lose your health insurance based on your medical history.

    Pretty much the only way for an individual to lose their health insurance is by leaving their employer, if they have employer-provided insurance.

    Non-employer-provided plans are required to enroll anyone who wants enroll.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    The articles point out the company went bankrupt and her doctors advised her to remove the implant. It says she was willing to pay to keep it, and suggests this could have been avoided if another company could have taken over device maintainance.

    All of which suggests that the device was removed because it could no longer be maintained, despite her willingness to pay.

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