[Old Professer]

I am not the one pretending to pay these costs; I am smart enough (your opinion being already noted) to know that every dime I pay in taxes will be spent at the discretion of the politicians and bureaucrats whose job it is to spend every last penny in order to come back with empty hands to plead, cajole and coerce even more.

Are you sure we are at odds here?

[plain talk]

I am not the one pretending to pay these costs;

Oh really?

My post #20: "Perhaps we should split up the bill and send it to the people on this thread ..."

Your post #32: "We’ve already paid; it’s called taxes and bill adjustments."

So, yes, you claimed that we (government via taxes) are already paying to keep people on life support which isn't true. Individuals and insurance companies bear those costs.