Interesting '60 Minutes'

about Medicare paying over $55 billion last year, for patients in the last 2 years of their lives, as people deny the fact that we are ALL going to die. The Drs and hospitals have free rein to run whatever tests , and treatments (?) at whatever costs they want to charge, and the gov't pays it. No questions asked. And we wonder why the country is going broke. The Dems tried to get health care passed, but the Repubs, led by Sarah, screamed about 'death squads', and fought it tooth and nail. Nothing really changed. You gotta see the 60 Minutes show, to see how this ridulous system , with the unbelievable costs being charged, is bankrupting the country.

Comments

ladyj said…
Some people and especially family members refuse to accept the fact that they or their family member is in fact succumbing to an illness and is willing to try anything to avoid the "death sentence". Then there are doctors and hospital that gouge patients for every dime they have knowing full-well nothing is going to stave off death. A DNR or living will is the best method of avoiding being taken to the cleaners.

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