"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 01:50 PM 1/7/2003 -0600 Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > ><<http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-smith010603.asp>> > > > >January 6, 2003, 9:00 a.m. > >"Doc Knows Best" > >It'll be too late for you, if he's wrong. > > > >By Wesley J. Smith > > > >Who should have the right to decide whether you receive life-sustaining > >medical treatment during a critical or terminal illness? Most would say > >with great confidence, "Me. Or, if I am unable to decide, then my family." > > Anyone else find it ironic that this column was published in a magazine > that opposes nationalized health care. According to the article, these > decisions are most often taken when the patient is simply unable to pay for > the care that he or she desires. I can only wonder, then, whom exactly > National Review expects to pay for very expensive futile care.
I don't know. Maybe you should write a letter to the editor making that query, and see what comes of it. :) Speaking of health insurance, http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/dhenninger/?id=110002886 has an analysis of the healthcare/insurance situation. In some ways, things were a lot simpler when people just paid their doctor what they could and got a pre-penicillin treatment. Then again, it's nice that doctors don't get paid in hams and have to experiment with dosages of the new sulfa drugs on their own children when their children come down with whooping cough. Julia yes, there are stories behind that sentence _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
