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All I can say is, my insurance company has never denied coverage for anything my physican ordered.
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Then you are one of the fortunate ones. What about the millions (that's MILLIONS, including children) who either have no health insurance or are denied treatment?
FauxNews, God love em. Cleverly phrased "article."
You are correct FOX """News""" has been bought to create this "end of life issue among it's followers. The same crowd who bought the Gold Certificates that Hannity was selling for "Lord" Stanford.
For the past ten years, every time I go to the VA I am asked if I have any "Directive" for care and every time I say I do not. They are not telling me to go die, all they want is to ensure that if I have one it is in my file>
Fox would make an environmental catastrophy out of dog poo on the sidewalk.
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Then you are one of the fortunate ones. What about the millions (that's MILLIONS, including children) who either have no health insurance or are denied treatment?
Millions of those without health insurance are illegal immigrants.
Another bunch - estimated at around 10 million, are people who have made the CONSCIOUS AND VOLUNTARY decision to NOT get health insurance even though they can well afford it.
Also, why are so many US citizens electing to have their surgery in other countries to save $$$?
Many who seek treatment outside the United States are getting procedures not covered by their insurance including Plastic Surgeries - Face lifts, Body Lifts etc.
Where, anywhere, have I suggested it did. I have not "interpreted" the article in any way other than there are some that espress concerns.
Nothing more - nothing less.
So, I would appreciate it if you would refrain from mischaracterizing my posts in the future.
Maybe I misunderstood you.
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A quarter of all Medicare spending is made in a patients final year of life, and that's when the biggest potential savings could be made.
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My question regarding Fawcett was, due to her condition, since she was going to die anyways, should the treatments been witheld since it wasn't going to do any good anyway?
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You did not answer my question: Should the treatments Farah was getting have been denied? After all - she was merely trying to "hang on" - right?
I thought from these you were saying you believed the public option would withhold treatment from patients, which is what the Faux News faux article strongly implies.
Very coldly said by someone who is not terminal right now. What if that was you or a loved one?
Shouldn't our life span/quality of life be IMPROVING????!!!!!
Hope you never get sick
All of us are terminal right now.
By the age of the group I am willing to bet 90% of us will be dead in 75 years and that goes up to 100% in 90 years.
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