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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (6686)	4/15/2009 11:42:58 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

I am unfamiliar with Joubert syndrome, so I looked it up. It doesn't seem to normally be a terminal illness. It can be disabling causing mental retardation and severe motor disability. It can also cause other problems sleep apnea as the article you quoted mentioned, poor muscle tone, seizures, and things like extra fingers and toes, cleft lip or palate, tongue abnormalities and retinitis pigmentosa. So its a rather severe condition, but not normally fatal (except sometimes through the apnea, but lots of people have that), but from what I can tell of this girls situation taking her off the respirator strikes me as unethical. She wasn't brain dead, or doomed to die. The story doesn't tell all the details of her situation, but some people with the syndrome are relatively minimally effected, with some slight motor difficulty and no other severe problems.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (6686)	4/15/2009 12:14:46 PM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

If Brumar89 said this <<Doctors appeared more concerned with saving one life at the expense of another they deemed undesirable.>> You might want to be more careful what you say. <<And let’s not forget the emphasis placed on the cost of maintaining Kaylee’s life.>> Have a look at the very first part of segment below ...it should enlighten you regarding how Canadian health care handles severely disabled children.If you care to be enlightened. HD NET Dan Rather Reports """Episode Number: 413 Synopsis: In Canada, everyone is covered by medical insurance. But there are often long waits to see doctors or have surgery. """ EEH YUP everyone is covered payed for by all who pay taxes in Canada, not to mention donations, fund raisers, endowments, gifts of stock ,etc. hd.net And more for your education. sickkids.ca ................................................................................................................. ""A gift by American Taxpayer to the entire World"" ...Video, amazing! cbsnews.com Not too diminish any other country that has contributed to breakthroughs in science, medicine, and etc. and you get my drift.