Posted on 08/14/2009 5:38:01 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
How much is one additional year of your life worth?
Or one more year of life for your father or your wife? For your child?
In Great Britain, the government has settled on a number: $45,000.
That’s how much a government commission with the Orwellian acronym NICE has decided British government-run health care will pay for one additional year of life for a British subject.
Think it could never happen here? Then you need to pay closer attention to what Washington is planning for your health care.
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
Is that before or after taxes?
ROFL
Good question!
Excellent, short article. Well worth reading the entire article for a picture of where government run health care will take us.
In America, Rationing Begins with Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER)
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Here is your “Death Panel” democrat jerkoffs.
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