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2008-09-09 Science & Technology

People Surviving Disease Threatens NHS Survival

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-09-09 09:38|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Time to Kill the NHS before it kills YOU!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-09-09 10:16|| 2008-09-09 10:16|| Front Page Top

#2 So life and death are dealt out by one person in most cases. He or she chooses who lives and who dies because they are not economically viable.
Sounds rather Orwellian, doesn't it.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-09-09 10:29|| 2008-09-09 10:29|| Front Page Top

#3 A long long time ago the Pharaoh spent the resources of all of, what was then, civilization trying to buy immortality. In today's communal entitlement world, everyone will expect everyone else to pay for their bid for immortality.

No one dies of 'old age' anymore. It's always some bean counting descriptive which then is the basis for the demands of more money and resources for 'studies' and 'programs' and 'protocols'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-09-09 11:09|| 2008-09-09 11:09|| Front Page Top

#4 the comments were enlightening.

Posted by anonymous2u 2008-09-09 11:37|| 2008-09-09 11:37|| Front Page Top

#5 I always have been that way in case you didn't noticed. Resources available mean what you can spend. That is wahy we live now to 80 age and not 40.

The problem with NHS and others is the ineficciency of it all meaning les people able to live more.

Posted by Thealing de Medici5654 2008-09-09 13:46|| 2008-09-09 13:46|| Front Page Top

#6 I read someone where that something like 90% of healthcare costs are spent keeping people alive that last year.

Now I don't support the government/doctors/insurance making the decision to pull the plug but I certainly think the patient should be able to order them to (assuming they are in their right mind).

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-09-09 17:11|| 2008-09-09 17:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Heck, they should develop heroin wings of the hospitals and anyone who gets that sick should just live it up their last few months. With heroin they probably wont' even use up the year. I mean we are gonna have a bunch of baby boomer ex-hippies filling up the hospitals before long.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-09-09 17:12|| 2008-09-09 17:12|| Front Page Top

#8 BigJim, It's just clearing out the "usless eaters". What's wrong with that? /sarcasm

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