AT SOME POINT THE HOSPICE SOLUTION MUST BE CALLED IN...
IF AN 85 YEAR OLD WITH TERMINAL CANCER WANTS A PACE MAKER TO "CLEAR FLUIDS" IN THE FINAL WEEKS OF LIFE...
THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES...
MOST MATURE AMERICANS HAVE SEEN THEIR RELATIVES DIE HORRIBLY IN THE ICU...
AND FEW WOULD WANT THAT FOR THEMSELVES....
THE NOTION THAT SOCIETY MUST PAY $50,000 TO ALLOWED SOMEONE TO KEEP BREATHING FOR ANOTHER MONTH...IS ABSURD...
WHO WOULD EXPECT THAT...?
IF THE RICH WANT TO WASTE MONEY ON TERMINAL LIFE EXTENTION...
LET THEM PAY FOR IT...
THE PUBLIC OPTION...SHOULD INCLUDE SOME KIND OF REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS ON END OF LIFE TREATMENTS...
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE INSURANCE LOBBY AND THEIR REPUBLICAN STOOGES...WILL TWIST THIS INTO SOMETHING TO DEFEAT A MUCH NEEDED REFORM...
EVEN AS THE NATION PLUNGES TOWARD FINANCIAL RUIN...BECAUSE OF A BIZARRE HEALTH CARE SCHEME THAT IS BANKRUPTING THE ECONOMY.
