Re: How Much Medical Care Can We Afford?

On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:15:53 -0400, davidp@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

mg <mgkelson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

toci <gina...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
mg <mgkel...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:>
In the last 10 years, the number of Northern California hospital
stays resulting in charges of $1 million or more rose sevenfold. My
bet is that it's the same all over the country and number will
continue to increase geometrically as tech continues to improve.
Typically, what happens in those cases is that the patient goes
bankrupt, whether or not he has insurance, and the costs are
distributed to the rest of us.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/05/22/v-print/149642/california-sees-...

At age 78, I'm willing to give up my "share" of expensive technology
or medication.  I'm planning to die soon, anyway.    Toci

Maybe we should start a death-panel club. I'll bet a lot of those
people they save don't want to be saved.

When we started suppressing measles, influenza, malaria,
tuberculosis, the defects were allowed to persist. So now
we have greater incidence of Autism, ADHD, Bipolar disorder,
Lupus, Obesity, etc. And we're dumping debt & overcrowding
on future generations, because the combo of birth control &
life extension means fewer young workers to support a
growing number of elderly. Plus all kinds of fun new warfare
techniques, like cyberattack, forest fires, assassinations,
bombs hidden in people, pets, hard drives, etc. We need to
turn the clock back on the disease suppression, to control
the defects & population level. With less sprawl, we'll need
less oil, so there will be less cause for jihads & such.
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As callous as it is, what you say is very true.
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