[quote=paramount]patientrenter: My statements are not in conflict because I did not define what those limitations might be.
Medical care could be provided that was not a matter of life or death. I’m sure it happens everyday at any given emergency room.[/quote]
paramount, I may have misunderstood you. I thought you said that (a) no one should be denied lifesaving medical care, and (b) that there should be limitations on health spending.
Since (as others pointed out) a very high proportion of all medical costs are incurred to extend life by weeks or months, most efforts to limit medical expenses (not all) would have to involve allowing people who would live until tomorrow with expensive care to instead die today with less expensive care. So lifesaving care would be denied when the saving is for a very short time only. (We all die, so all lifesaving care just postpones our death. The key questions are how long the postponement is for, and what quality of life we enjoy in the meanwhile.)
