Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by Bitman

It's physically impossible. If it costs less to extend your life, then you will live longer .. which increases the costs. It either costs an infinite amount of money to keep you alive, or someone must declare it's time for you to die. Who do you trust with that responsibility?

Someone whose profit potential is not increased by my death.

Insurance companies pay their shareholders out of the money they take in as premiums, but don't pay out in claims. And they are primarily beholden to their shareholders.

They complain that they couldn't compete with a program with no profit motive. That sounds like a plus to me.