| NJ5 said: In my opinion government run healthcare should be obligated to keep you alive. Even if your 88, the medicine costs 100,000 dollars for a months dose and the drug is likely to keep you alive only a month more. Where does it stop then? Should the government also be obligated to spend as much as possible on research? If a story like the one you mentioned actually happened that's sad and maybe could be avoided, but there has to be a limit somewhere... |
Spending as much as possible on research is completly different.
In one case. The cure is right there... infront of you that everyone knows about.
In the other case... the cure may or may not exist... period.
The government is supposed to treat everyon fairly regardless of age, sex or gender.
If there is a cutoff as for what's viable... where IS that cutoff.
For example life expectancy for Blacks is lower then it is for Whites. Life Expectancy for Males is lower then Females.
Does this mean that if the cutoff for a White Caucasian Woman is 78 for a treatment it should be 76 for the Black Woman, the cutoff should be 74 for a White Man and 70 for a Black Man?
I mean if a line has to be set based on life expectancy it'd be discrimitory to not take different life expectancies into consideration... right?
Does Race and Gender suddenly play a part? If not it's hypocritical no?
The government doesn't always go with the best treatment... instead they go for the most cost effective one.
