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Medical Forum / General / General / March 2005Familial battle over Schiavo's fate unprecedented - 30,000+ cases
Familial battle over Schiavo's fate unprecedented Terri Schiavo's medical condition is not particularly rare -- an estimated 30,000 to 45,000 patients in the United States are being kept alive in persistent vegetative states through feeding tubes. at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050323-110304-4569r.htm I wonder who pays for 15 years of hospitalization and 7 years of litigation. This must involve many millions of dollars.  SignatureWalter The Happy Iconoclast www.rationality.net > Familial battle over Schiavo's fate unprecedented > Terri Schiavo's medical condition is not particularly rare -- an > estimated 30,000 to 45,000 patients in the United States are being kept > alive in persistent vegetative states through feeding tubes. > at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050323-110304-4569r.htm Medicare/Medicaid Mike > I wonder who pays for 15 years of hospitalization and 7 years of litigation. > This must involve many millions of dollars. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > alive in persistent vegetative states through feeding tubes. > > at http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050323-110304-4569r.htm Medicare/Medicaid because in the Schiavo case, the money she was awarded for her care and rehab has been spent on trying to off her. |
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