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Lamm, who has long been a proponent of euthanasia, said in 1984 that the elderly had a moral obligation to society to die ("duty to die") so as not to use up resources that could be used for younger people.
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When I hear anyone make such an incongruent, dubious, and unveriable remark, as listed above, their credibility to speak intelligently and rationally about a topic is instantly destroyed.
The answer (in my opinion) is NOT universal healthcare & rationing - but to ditch health insurance / HMOs all together.
It seems to me like the quality of service has gone down-hill since the "guaranteed payment" w/ deductible came around. If people have to pay out of their own pockets, they will become choosier, and there ARE doctors who will step up to the plate, and offer services to the poor at reduced rates - with out government intervention.
This "Our health-care system has gone running technologically amuck" says a lot to me in other words, they are living on the bleeding edge of technology - which (as far as electronics / pcs goes) is a bad thing.
The whole problem - other than giving away health care to those who don't pay for it - is that we live too dang long!
Let's go back to the old days when we lived 'til the ripe old age of 25 - then we'll see a blessed change!
There is the mind of a social engineer at work. I'm wondering: why should my 99 year old grandmother consume precious blood pressure medicine?
Who is we? The board of directors at Soylent Green, Inc?
"For all its technological marvels, he says, American health care is "unsustainable, unaffordable, and inequitable, and needs to be substantially amended and revised."
BS. The *only* reason we have *any* "problems" now is because there is just enough *socialist/Nazi* flim-flam going on in medical services now. We do not have a perfect capitalist system in place in medicine. Yet capitalism continues to be blamed for the problems - rather than all the garbage commie ideas that have spread in it for decades now.
Here's an example. HMOs were beloved of Democrats 10 years ago. Because they were all concerned about price (NOT cost), and they were a little microcosm of their socialist-paradise ideals. "Pay nothing", Wait for months for an appt, and get any old doctor they want to put up for you.
Now, the Democrats are treating HMOs like any other "corporation" - oh, those horrible, corrupt, greedy HMOs!!! The reason they don't work is because of their commie roots. But suddenly Demos try to equate them to any old "Big Business" they *naturally* hate.
No mention, BTW, of "we were wrong". You'd think they never wanted HMOs in the 1st place.