“Guess they’d rather see old people die or suffer.”
When nobody has the money to pay for their care, what do you suggest as the alternative?
This is a serious question to you - I am not advocating killing people, and I have an alternative, but I want to hear yours.
I would rather that the government had stayed out of health care all together. White Cross policies to the elderly at the time medicare was enacted was cheaper and offered better benefits.
Speak up with your solution. I do not feel that I have sufficient research and statistics to even make a recommendation at this point.
As a start, I was wondering what impact charging a premium for part A insurance would have. I also wondered if having an HSA type insurance format would be helpful.
I do know that 90% of the people in Level one ICU during the last month of my Dad’s life chose to voluntarily give up all treatment except pain management, when told the odds were only 50/50.