What I’m waiting for ... is the younger crowd saying “Just get out of our way and DIE!” Then they can start forming the “death panels” with no one over 30 years old ... LOL ...
That’s about the only solid solution I can see ... “Just DIE!”
Otherwise the older people are going to consume more resources. There’s no way around that ... you either put them out of their misery, or, they continue taking more and more of those resources, living to a ripe old age. The “just die” part can be achieved by withholding medical treatment.
....”The “just die” part can be achieved by withholding medical treatment”...
..and that’s coming you can be sure. In some cases it’s here already. They limit the care when they “have done all they can”....if some are not reaching the desired “recovery” from an illness then they move you on to someplace else I understand. No doubt where the costs are less and the care less as well.
I sometimes think for Seniors they fight more at the golden years of their life, “for life”, then any other time.
“What I’m waiting for ... is the younger crowd saying “Just get out of our way and DIE!” Then they can start forming the “death panels” with no one over 30 years old ... LOL ...”
What was that movie where nobody lived to over 30? Oh yes, Logan’s Run.
What we have is not sustainable. The two extremes are to withhold treatment to save money and to keep spending money out of the general treasury, thereby adding to the debt and ensuring our children and grandchildren have limited opportunities in their lives. Both ends of the spectrum are due to people feeling entitled and selfish.
The solution is somewhere in between, but beats me what it is. Medicare and SS have been a bankrupt mess waiting to implode and fixing them at this late date will unfairly cause some group pain.