[ScottinVA]

Ok, now what if ge says it’s going to cost you &100,000. Would you still do it?

If my mother wanted the surgery, yes. What price life?

[DuncanWaring]

What if you don’t have $100,000 and no chance of ever raising it, absent a lottery win?

[Hildy]

That should be your decision. And if you want to spend $100,000 of your own money, fine. But if we want the Medicare to pay for every life prolonging procedure, no matter age, health, etc. then don't complain when you're paying 80% of your income in taxes...cause that's what it is going to take.

The scenario I asked you about happened to me. My mother, although only 80, was in VERY poor health and in the hospital for somthing entirely unrelated. A neurologist approached me about this. I was aghast... There was not way I would put my mother through BRAIN SURGERY at the age of 80 or so in the condition she was in.(I did talk it over with other family members and they all agreed) Some daughters may have. I'm not making any judgements. Medicare would have paid for this operation. That's not the point. I'm just saying that when someone else is paying the bills, your decisions are a lot different.