57% of voters think AI will hurt society.
I think 57% of voters have never had a doctor say "stage 4 cancer" to their face. I have.
- AI is what has allowed me to design a personalized cancer vaccine from my own tumor's DNA.
- AI is what lets me understand everything about my health and show up to appointments prepared.
- AI catches the stuff that slips through, like drug interactions, lab trends and the questions nobody thought to ask.
And this is just basic shit my dumb ass is doing on my own. We've only just begun to see its true potential.
Be scared of AI all you want. Just know the price of slowing it down gets paid by sick people. May not be you or your loved ones today, but it will be in due time.
When you're in extreme agony from a terminal diagnosis with death lingering, I sure as shit bet you'll be wishing that AI had developed a treatment so you could spend just a bit more time with your friends and family.
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Ever wonder what cancer care actually costs? Here are my real numbers from 2026 so far.
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👉 Insurance: $1,240/mo for me, my wife and kid. No subsidy. ~$15K a year.
👉 Out-of-pocket max: $10,600. Hit it.
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👉 Radiation planning: $7,078 billed, $809 insurance, $347 me
👉 CT scan: $6,376 billed, $635 insurance, $0 me
👉 Nerve block (took 5 minutes): $3,430 billed, $1,096 insurance, $0 me
👉 Lorbrena, 1 month (30 pills): $67,292 retail, $19,916 insurance, $0 for me thanks to manufacturer copay assistance I still don't understand.
🚨 Total billed for my care this year: $969,804 🚨
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Almost a million dollars. Nobody actually paid that. Nobody can tell you what any of it really costs, including the people sending the bills.
In total, I'll end up paying ~$25k for all care in 2026 for myself and my family (almost all of it for me).
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