Posted by
Catmman on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:32:58 PM
What the hell is "end of life" care?
If person if 77 years old, yet lives to be 113 years old, at what point in that window is anything determined to be 'end of life'? The oldest living man recently died at 113 years old. He lived 38 years past the average life expectancy (of Americans, though I think the guy was a Brit).
'End of life' is code for nothing else but rationing, or the complete withholding, of medical care from elderly Americans. Once you have reached a certain age, some government suit will make the determinations about how much, if any, medical care you will need or receive.
How long until we get government 'health care officials' (Sandmen) making sure we all get to Carousel when we're supposed to? (If you don't get the refernces, see
Logan's Run) Will shouts of "Renew, Renew" become the new rallying cry?
The government has no business determining the 'end of life'. We have let the government determine when life begins (to justify abortion) and we can see the consequences of that.