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Skittles

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15. nice generalization of baby boomers

Reply to frostfern (Reply #11)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 10:57 PM

Dec 2012

you do realize we are getting screwed too, right?

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Krugman: It’s Health Care Costs, Stupid [View all] ProSense Dec 2012 OP

Not only are their stupid vouchers inadequate Warpy Dec 2012 #1

Ice Flows and Eskimos time... WCGreen Dec 2012 #13

Krugman avoids answering whether competition should be allowed to set prices or govt. will take over jody Dec 2012 #2

Who exactly ProSense Dec 2012 #3

Krugman addresses cost of health care. That becomes an issue under socialism when the state is jody Dec 2012 #4

You mean ProSense Dec 2012 #5

Interesting. Still rationing of health care is necessary and fraught with moral subtleties. I'm not jody Dec 2012 #6

Here: ProSense Dec 2012 #8

Thanks, I had already read that. nt jody Dec 2012 #10

you think healthcare is not "rationed" now? Skittles Dec 2012 #14

I never said that but so what? nt jody Dec 2012 #16

We need to ration more. Not every 80 year old with metastatic endstage cancer should be offered a mucifer Dec 2012 #7

Yes stopwastingmymoney Dec 2012 #9

I agree. frostfern Dec 2012 #11

I really don't like your argument. n/t ProSense Dec 2012 #12

nice generalization of baby boomers Skittles Dec 2012 #15

I think the end of life discussion should be brought up as soon as the prognosis is known. mucifer Dec 2012 #17

It should be between people and their doctors ProSense Dec 2012 #18

Kids can live on and on unresponsive in the ICU also. It's the same thing. mucifer Dec 2012 #19

"when given the choice" ProSense Dec 2012 #20

I don't really believe that is true in all cases. mucifer Dec 2012 #21

You're ProSense Dec 2012 #22

I've seen some cases where I really don't care who it is, but someone should say "no". mucifer Dec 2012 #23

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