JoeB131
Diamond Member
Joe’s thoughts about killing off “unproductive” elderly is what the Marxist/socialists people think. (His hatred of Jews, due to their above-average success levels, is just pure antisemitism.)
You are the one who wants to kill off poor children because you didn't approve of their lifestyle choices.
That poor kid might grow up to be productive some day, as opposed to Nana, who is well past her "Best Used" date. Yet the rest of us are supposed to subsidize her well into her 90s?
Of course, you don't do either in a humane, decent society. In your kind of society, though, you do both to give tax breaks to rich people. Let's not forget Paul Ryan and his various attempts to slash Medicare and Social Security.
One of the architects of Obamacare wanted to include a QLY equation to determine if money should be spent on treatment or surgery for older people. His thinking was that they had no more value to society. So, for example, if the average lifespan for a man is 78 years, a 72 year old would have six Quality of Life Years left, so only $6000 a year (or whatever) would be covered. A 74 year old would be allocated $4000 (or whatever) a year. So, for example, if my dad broke his hip at age 72, he would have been put in a wheelchair for the next 22 years (he died at 94) because the far-left radical figured a retiree wasn’t worth much.
Actually, it's a valid consideration. 11% of health care spending is on people who have no real chance of recovery, we are merely prolonging their lives.
If your hypothetical old person sounds cruel, I give you the opposite- Nataline Sarkisyan. Cigna decided that her liver transplant was "experimental", so they refused to cover it. Her father, who had paid his premiums for years, sued them, but the courts ruled that because their contract was with his employer and not him, he had no standing to sue.
If you accept that the pot is limited for health care spending, who would have been a better investment, Nataline or your 72 year old cripple?