I believe a recent study showed that the bulk of Medicare expenditures take place in the last two years of the patient's life.
Dan Sent from my iPad On Aug 1, 2013, at 12:41 AM, Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> wrote: > the exploitation of medicare is monumental down here. anytime an old > person has a headache or stomach ache, $200k plus is spent on "medical > care." many of the elderly enjoy the attention and feel participation is > worthwhile, but spending 7 figures a year on someone who is not even > actually in need of medical attention is entirely unsustainable. > > doctors just know they want bigger yachts and the details of "how" don't > disturb them. it's a completely broken country. every system is broken > and there is no plan to fix anything > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Rich Thomas < > richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > >> Part of the mentality is that family of cancer patients, especially older >> ones, want everything possible done to keep granny alive for a few more >> weeks or months. They push the docs and they system to do more more more >> when it really won't help, but the docs have to pretty much go with the >> desires of the family or there will be hell to pay. And then there is the >> part that if medicare or whatever is paying for it, well.... >> >> I have made it clear that when it is my time, everyone can take me out in >> the woods and tie me to a tree and I will be happy. >> >> --R >> >> >> >> On 7/31/13 7:57 PM, clay wrote: >> >>> I am of the opinion that the treatment is much worse than allowing the >>> person to make their peace. The chemicals and radiation kill the patient >>> unless it is stage one. All the treatment seems to do is to keep the >>> victim on the edge of death while insurance companies payout the mightily >>> overpriced procedures. The drugs are pushed as generic treatment, instead >>> of being used in a targeted fashion for specific cancers. >>> >>> If there were to ever be a cure, that would ruin the cancer economy of >>> drugs, nurses, treatment centers, and research programs. Much like the >>> snit the Kalifornia energy companies are tossing over rooftop PV ruining >>> their profits because there is not cash flowing in for them. Or the idiocy >>> of the Republicans shooting down astroid capture. Do they not have any >>> idea the profits big mining will reap when they figure out how to do it? >>> Kill the golden goose, and there goes your cash for future elections. >>> Those astroid miners would pay handsomely to get their hands on that stuff. >>> >>> rant over >>> >>> clay >>> >>> >>> On Jul 31, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Mountain Man wrote: >>> >>> Mike wrote: >>>> >>>>> Many folks >>>>> may have led a decent life if the tumor had been just left alone rather >>>>> than being subjected to chemo and radiation. >>>>> Cancer sucks. Greedy @#$%&#?@ people that keep people from a potential >>>>> cure over tax money suck worse. >>>> My wife's cousin had cancerous leg amputated. 6-months later he was >>>> dead, as the cancer spread via circulatory system, or somesuch... >>>> 30-years ago. >>>> Cure is heinous hope. Death is the cure, and there is no hope against >>>> death, well... not unless you want to dialog banned material here at >>>> okiebenz... >>>> mao >>>> >>>> ______________________________**_________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives >>> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> >> >> ______________________________**_________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives >> http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > -- > *reliable vendor of superior parts for mercedes and other european cars > > * > *www.BuyEUROparts.com* > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
