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[Armistead]

I understand. The last figures I saw was about 32% of medical cost are relelated to keeping the elderly alive. I don't know where you draw the point. With medicare, you're pretty much gonna get whatever your Doctor orders. I guess if I was 72 and needed a Quad to live I would want it. Canada is different. I have friend there who is 68 denied a hip transplant.
If your old and get cancer in Canada, you'll get about a third of the care you would here. Problem is no one wants to die, then when it comes to life, if you only get medical care because you can afford it then the rest deem it unfair.

I think as long as health care is based on mass profits we're headed for trouble. Years ago Doctors worked basically as single entities, today most groups are somehow tied to large corporations.

Something terrible happened around the 70's-80's with the corporate takeover of medical care.

[Bubblehead1980]

Originally Posted by Armistead

I understand. The last figures I saw was about 32% of medical cost are relelated to keeping the elderly alive. I don't know where you draw the point. With medicare, you're pretty much gonna get whatever your Doctor orders. I guess if I was 72 and needed a Quad to live I would want it. Canada is different. I have friend there who is 68 denied a hip transplant.
If your old and get cancer in Canada, you'll get about a third of the care you would here. Problem is no one wants to die, then when it comes to life, if you only get medical care because you can afford it then the rest deem it unfair.

I think as long as health care is based on mass profits we're headed for trouble. Years ago Doctors worked basically as single entities, today most groups are somehow tied to large corporations.

Something terrible happened around the 70's-80's with the corporate takeover of medical care.

Yea and that is just wrong to deny someone a procedure that would save their life or make their life better just because they are older.Just wrong.

Exactly, it is about choice. Should prob continue this in Gen Topics, getting off base here.

[WernherVonTrapp]

In the last 10 years, here in Jersey, we're now seeing more and more of of what is called the DNR orders. Usually with the elderly and terminally ill. I think there are a lot of other states using DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders now too. It seems a bit more humane, to me anyway, that the person who is suffering is now given the choice.