Maggie's Farm

Of course your point is true. The question is who decides? In my state we have a state health insurance for poor people and they do indeed ration care. But at the same time they provide healthcare to illegal aliens. So now we have a situation where they tax the citizens under the guise of providing needed care but they then deny citizens that care but give it to people who never paid into the system. How is that in any way fair? This is exactly the kind of thing that we can expect from any socialized health care.

I have a friend who underwent a quadruple bypass when he was 51. Same age as me at the time. I was concerned that I was going to see him die right in front of me. Now, 23 years later he is doing fine. So who is to say that older people should not get expensive surgery?

My wife's grandfather was told he needed a quadruple bypass or he would die. He was 82, living in a country with socialized health care and they wouldn't perform the operation to save money. So sure enough he died two years later. He was a healthy robust man and probably with the operation he could have lived a much longer life. How is that fair? He paid his taxes for decades and when he needed it the most his country let him down.

A lady that my wife worked with had a new baby with heart troubles. The child had to undergo numerous surgeries and treatments and still passed away after four years. So where was the money better spent and saved? Should my wife's grandfather been given the bypass and this baby provided with no health care because it was going to be wasted expense? Who is to say? More importantly who knows the future well enough to make these decisions?