Fuck cancer, and Fuck the US Insurance system. I am in remission from leukemia at age 29, and my insurer was billed >1M USD. I payed out over $10000 in personal costs, despite a "$2000" /yr deductible (my treatment was over 1.2 yrs), and am in legal disputes with a medical bill claim on my credit report. And this is with "Cadillac" platinum-tier employer insurance.<p>Anyone not lucky enough to be a millionaire or 5% STEM professional is fucked.<p>Edit: cost of my admission, day 1: <a href="https://imgur.com/a/pnMRRKw" rel="nofollow">https://imgur.com/a/pnMRRKw</a>
What a gut punch.<p>It's hard to overstate the cultural impact a movie like Black Panther had. It maybe seems silly, seeing that it's a comic book movie, but it truly showed what can happen when you give a bunch of excellent folks a real summer blockbuster budget, who historically don't get carte blanche.<p>And to think of Boseman's artistic output while battling this awful disease. Truly a gift to the world.
There was always a running joke that Chadwick Boseman was going to play every lead in every black male biopic ever. He was a hero to so many black kids. Tragic loss.<p>While battling stage 3 colon cancer he gave us Civil War, Marshall, Black Panther, Infinity War, Endgame, 21 Bridges and Da 5 Bloods.
Chadwick was one of the few people from my area (Anderson County, SC) that made it out.<p>He had such an incredible and successful career and was really just beginning to become the A list celebrity he was born to be.