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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: John Koligman who wrote (8317)	8/17/2009 4:31:44 PM
From: Lane3	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) of 42652

shouldn’t we instantly cut some of the money spent on exorbitant intensive-care medicine for dying, elderly people and redirect it to pediatricians and obstetricians offering preventive care for children and mothers? While I agree with the author, pretty much, on the wasteful end-of-life spending, I utterly disagree with where he's coming from. His framework is redistributionist. "We" should be giving our money to kids rather than to the elderly," sez he. It's scary when "we" think "we" or some bureaucrat who is our proxy should redistribute resources amongst citizens. I’m just wondering why the nation continues incurring enormous debt to pay for bypass surgery and titanium-knee replacements for octogenarians and nonagenarians I have a couple of ninety-something aunts who got knee replacements in their eighties. They're pretty frisky. One is still working (to support her shiftless daughter and grandson). Seems to me that those knee replacements were worthwhile. Now, if they were bedridden, not so much.

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