.he had one 3 yrs ago but honestly, he did not follow up properly with the therapy at home...
.anyway, he's had his surgery, he went to the nursing home, went back to the hospital after an incident of aspiration, and now back in the nursing home where he will probably be for 3 more weeks.....
he is getting goofier and goofier every day...can't hear...memory going....still very weak, can't get around by himself, will probably ultimately end up in a permenant nursing home...
so you see, this is why nearly 28% of our taxes are going to health care....
multiple him by 1,000,000 and you can see why....
its not that I begrudge trying to help all of our citizens, its just that a hugely disportionate amount of money is being used for a certain group....
I think there should be limits....I think if people want cadilac "I'm going to live forever" health care, they should personally pay for it...
I'm in my 60's so its not like I'm a young whippersnapper....
I have friends who've benefited from a replacement, with a long and ardourous rehab. I've known others who never recovered, or worse.
I'll be 70 this year. I just don't get it about not wanting to be self-empowered. I only get medical care when absolutely necessary.
On another medical issue, most of my peers I've been close to are drug free and have no addictions. You would be amazed how many have been put on mind-altering crap to relax them or because sometimes they wake up in the middle of the night. I'm really uncomfortable about how some have been talked into getting involved with these medical "cures".
Bottom line is no society can survive with the amount of money being spent on medical care.
Yes, if we could self select policies and or how far we want to go with our lives vs. living under the rules of Medicare/Medicaid, and yes I have personal experience with the ins and outs of those two tangentially recently.
Health Care Vouchers via Laurence Kotlikoff came to my attention here on FR recently, it still has a Govt component, but if you could truly buy it on the marketplace I'd say this is something to at least vet..