That has also become part of policy in places like the UK. The put a dolar
amount on health care and the value of life with tyhe ratio declingin as you
age. When you reach a certain age, they cipher whter another year of your
life is worth the expense to the system. There have already been calls for
this in this country with medicare. I can't remeber the name of the policy,
at the moment, but it does put a value -- ithink it averages like $35, 000
total for someone over an age like 70 or 72 -- they use life span statistics
as part of the formula.............
--- On Tue, 1/20/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
It was somewhat of
> a
> subconscious triage, and someone as old as your mother,
> sadly, would not
> get the same attention for a broken arm than a 25 year old
> would get, no
> matter what her mental/physical state is at other times.