It's odd how often the cost argument comes up.
Even a person with a cursory understanding of Terri's case should know that
- Terri was NOT "brain dead"
- the cost of care for Terri (had her parents been allowed to take her home and care for her themselves) would have differed very little from what it takes to support us supposedly sentient people (how much extra does a can of Ensure cost, compared to a steak dinner?); and
- Terri's parents were ready to assume all costs of caring for her.
And even if all the above were not true, the "cost" argument is truly Hillary-Care-esque.
Beyond Terri's case, the decision to withhold health care because of some bureaucratically imposed "cost vs. quality of life" quotient is a very slippery slope indeed.
Slippery slope - nothing. It is nazism, socialism, communism all of it.
And even "quality of life" does not and never will be the determiner of the ability to live in America.
To allow that - is the beginning of nazism attempting to craft society to please itself.
First they must get rid of God (so that will take out all of the God-given rights man has, and God control of life and death.
Then they institute some method whereby SOME evaluate the worth of others to live. And, since many will not meet the crafted criteria for a superior society, they will have to institute SOME who will get to remove the unworthies.
All the while they have an onslaught against the constitution where all are equal - because - you see, all are not equal at all as SOME evaluate the worth of others and take action to REMOVE the unworthies.
And we have freepers who see absolutely nothing wrong with man taking over God's rhelm of life and death decisions. Who see nothing wrong with one life being more valuable than another life. (as shown in abortion and these "killing" cases). We have a lot of waking up to do around here. And, apparently we have been infiltrated by those buying into the "new American agenda".