One reason that health care costs are increasing is because modern
medicine keeps people alive longer, and older people need more medical
care.  Most people don't have serious health problems until they are
in their 60s, after which they need LOTS of expensive care, from heart
surgery to hip replacements and so on.

Health care costs could be contained if the oldest (and most
expensive) patients were euthanized, or at least denying them
expensive treatments.  One year of health care for an older person
might cost as much as ten years for a younger person.  And since the
elderly are retired and do not contribute taxes to the national health
care system, they wind up being a serious drain on medical resources.

My solution would be to create HMO suicide clinics, where Americans
over 65 could choose from several cost-effective termination methods,
administered by a licensed Nurse Practitioner.

Whats interesting in this typical rightarded piece of Republican pig sh.t 
is that it starts right out telling us that a single payer system will
put a lid on the totally out of control and skyrocketing technological
rent seeking that is driving the costs of health care through the
stratosphere.

Research and development and clinical trials in health care should be
conducted in a world wide university grant system funded by GDP based
assessments of all nations.  At present the American middle class is
paying for virtually _ALL_ of the research, development, and clinical
trials of all the new medical technology.  And this is because of the US
patent system and the US enforcement of IP rights.

Welcome to reality, lying pigs.

A nice shredding of the statist lie, "gubmit
will lower health care costs":

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597297859757163.html

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RIch