At 7:43 PM -0700 17/8/09, Arden Currie wrote:
>On Aug 17, 2009, at 11:26 AM, Chris Gehlker wrote:
>
>> It's really interesting to read the whole thing. Sarah argues that
>> doctors won't pressure patients to off themselves unless they are paid
>> for the consultation. Sarah must think doctors are really stupid. They
>> will give up the hundreds of thousands of dollars that they could
>> make by keeping people in a vegetative state for years in exchange for
>> a one time fee.
>
>That is so much bullshit. In reality doctors repair hips and knees on
>90 year olds with dementia, cancer and a host of life ending maladies
>to make a buck. All paid for by Medicare. It's where the majority of
>Medicare money is spent. It's so good to have medical decisions made
>by profiteers.
My grandmother (well, step-grandmother) was just fitted with
a pacemaker at 95. She actually asked the doctor if it would prolong
her life unduly, because she didn't want that, and he said no, it
would just improve the quality of her last few years. Because that is
the sort of thing that happens here in the socialised medicine
killing fields.
Her heart rate had dropped to around 10bpm before. Yeah. I
didn't really knew it got that low.
Cheers
David
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