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Originally Posted by rubicon
VPL: Perhaps I misunderstand your post but are you advocating death panels?
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Well, that's another subject, in my opinion. There were so called "death panels" long before anyone started calling them death panels. Only it was done by hospitals. If an older person wanted an operation, they had to prove to the hospital, through testing, that they had a good chance for a favorable outcome. This is because hospitals didn't want too many failed operations on their record.
What I'm advocating is a choice where the patient's life is in his own hands. Call it personal responsibility if you like. And Medicare can help by paying for classes to teach people how to accomplish a favorable lifestyle outcome.
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Do you really believe a heart bypass is a useless medical procedure?
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Not the way things are now, no. The way it is now people depend on bypass procedures to save them from themselves. But we can't afford that anymore.
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Perhaps you accidentally omitted a key phrase when you keyboarded your post?
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I don't claim to have all the answers, I'm just trying my best to start people thinking.
Best regards back to you.