The Pathological Altruist

[tapu]

Originally Posted by ElijahRene

I think this is how we, as a society, have come to operate...we want X, but have no logical way to make X happen. And no one wants to make the hard decisions, so we just ignore realities and think about kittens.

Your remark above and the anecdote in the article regarding medical care capture where we are with medicine today. And with who pays for medicine today, which of course leads into the thorny matters regarding medical insurance and coverage for all.

Basically, people want 21st century medicine at 1960s prices. But really there is just no way to pull the stops out for everyone's treatment. Talk about hard decisions. I think those decisions will be forced, and soon. But how will we decide who gets advanced treatment? And if medically you don't qualify for it, will we let you buy it?

As for the lifeboat thing, I'd stick to the 1000. Unless I was number 1001.

Good topic, ElijahRenee. Thank you. --the tapu