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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
England expects every man to do his duty, and die before his medical bills are too high 
It would save us a great deal of money though 
Pete |
It would save a lot of money. But there are a couple of problems with this argument positioned against the legislation currently proposed. First of all, we aren't looking at a system like England has. Nothing at all like it. Grumpy, look at this post and tell me that people would have rallied behind single payer.
Second, we already have this. Insurance companies already ration care to the elderly, refusing to pay for procedures that younger people would get. "At his age" it's not worth the trouble. "No need to put him through that ordeal".
Finally, it's not actually true. Not that that's been very important in this debate.