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Modern prosthetics for limbs have advanced in function, but they remain heavy, expensive, and difficult to manage.
“Also, those arms, they're heavy, they have a battery that you have to charge, they're like $15,000, insurance doesn't pay, so it's just not there yet.”
StarTalk · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 259K views on this topicAccessing and using prosthetic limbs is a difficult, costly, and restrictive process that significantly impacts one's daily mobility and self-perception.
“you have to pay to get different types of legs like the everyday leg you cannot get some water and they're a lot of money like legs are more than a car yeah like 20 grand I'm talking that's crazy”
We’re All Insane · Apr 2023 · 1 episode · 40K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.