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To: bentway who wrote (531835)	11/23/2009 11:53:16 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575191

There was an excellent segment on 60 Minutes this Sunday, about how expensive death is in this country. 18-20% of the dying end up in the Intensive Care Unit, where the average charges run $10,000/day. Saw the segment... very good. When it's grannie's time, we really DO need to pull the plug on grannie! Or at least not pay for it through Medicare. If Grannie or her family want to pay cash, or get supplemental insurance for artificial life extension, then that's fine.

To: bentway who wrote (531835)	11/23/2009 12:00:06 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575191

There was an excellent segment on 60 Minutes this Sunday, about how expensive death is in this country. 18-20% of the dying end up in the Intensive Care Unit, where the average charges run $10,000/day. Sheepfcker, It was an excellent, ONE-SIDED segment. There was a great example of one of these women dying in ICU getting a PAP smear. Only a government run program would have paid for this. No private insurance would have accepted this. No private insurance would have paid for 25 specialists to see the patient when she clearly was dying. While everyone acknowledges the problem, there are vast differences over the solution. Generally, the Left believes the government bureaucrat, which as indicated above, is the problem -- should be the ideal solution. You want to solve this problem, put private insurance in charge of Medicare. But you want to give government, the entity that has made a mess of it, MORE authority to create an even bigger bureaucracy. It is out of ignorance you take these positions. But if you don't understand the issue-- and you don't -- why not get out of the way of those of us who do?

To: bentway who wrote (531835)	11/23/2009 12:59:10 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1575191

That's what makes it so difficult to cut costs. The minute doctors and hospitals start using statistical analysis and other scientific methods to deciding who should get certain treatments, the GOP will start screaming about rationed health care. It's a really dilemma. We need to decide what is more important, allowing bloat to eventually price us all out of health care insurance or getting scientific about what care is delivered in order to maximize the average health benefits and minimize the average cost of health care.