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Here's a reminder of the

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 04:01:12 +0000

Here's a reminder of the alternative:

My dad’s an ER doctor. He just got off of a conference call. His hospital is cutting his salary - and everyone else’s that works on the front lines - because they’re losing money from non-COVID patients.

Cutting medical personnels’ salaries right now. I mean... what the fuck?
— CameronNBeach (@CameronNBeach) April 3, 2020

me too, especially as I've

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 03:26:17 +0000

In reply to I have some bona fides here,

me too, especially as I've seen the death-by-expensive-medical-torture thing up close and personal quite a few times.

I once thought highly of hospice, however that has changed due to recent family experience as well. Since lawmakers decided to have Medicare Part A cover hospice service 100% no deductible, no copay (wisely, to inspire that choice), a lot of pennypinchers and incompetents have gotten involving in offering it, to much detriment of what it used to be. At home was an awful experience (provided a subsidiary of that state's biggest non-profit hospital system, a huge bureaucracy), with terrible support and unfeeling reaction to complaints, the main caretaker brother is still very angry months later about agreeing to a sow's ear sold as a silk purse. You have to be "wise informed consumer" even at your death.

I have some bona fides here,

jollyroger — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 03:08:31 +0000

In reply to So now that you have a

I have some bona fides here, cuz when I broke my neck, before they rolld iein for the opertion the nurse asked if I wanted to be resuscitated and I said "No fuckin' way".

If you peruse the article about what expected weeks on a vent leave you as, it sounds like a "no fuckin' way" option raight from jump (hence, stay home, asshole...)

On the larger issue, I have alwys been bemused at the idea that an additional possible 6 months of torment purchased by Medicare (I guess) at a million bucks or more ,while cancer eats you up from inside , was a bad deal both for the "beneficiary" and for the purchaser.

I don't think death panels are the worst idea in the world.

So now that you have a

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:08:20 +0000

In reply to OK, Boomer, draft your back story NOW!

So now that you have a variant of your dream of NHS or the VA installed and operating in your very own state, what do you think of their rationing choices so far?

two things come to mind for me

a variant of Churchill quote that it's worst system except for all the others
it sucks to be old without lots of money to bribe out of a system (one general guiding principle I have noted in the past: preemies, they are worth spending a billion on them if necessary, the younger you are, the more you get. Old people what are you complaining about? Go away, you're bothering me with your quality of life issues--you're lucky to still be alive...)

Of course, being one of the

jollyroger — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:59:31 +0000

In reply to OK, Boomer, draft your back story NOW!

Of course, being one of the lucky 20% is no walk in the park...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/04/opinion/coronavirus-ventilators.html?...

The amount of sedation needed for Covid 19 patients can cause profound complications, damaging muscles and nerves, making it hard for those who survive to walk, move or even think as well as they did before they became ill. Many spend most of their recovery time in a rehabilitation center, and older patients often never go home. They live out their days bed bound, at higher risk of recurrent infections, bed sores and trips back to the hospital.

Cheer up, Talan...only one in

jollyroger — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:10:35 +0000

In reply to Exhihibit A:

Cheer up, Talan...only one in five comes off the ventilator alive, anyway....

Exhihibit A:

jollyroger — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 18:09:32 +0000

In reply to OK, Boomer, draft your back story NOW!

Exhihibit A:

Talan

@TalanTweets

Jared said the governors didn’t need that many ventilators. My uncle died last night alone, he caught the virus in the hospital due to a fall. He wasn’t given a ventilator because he was 75 and they are saving them for younger people.

They wouldn't know an

jollyroger — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:02:42 +0000

In reply to Gurdjieff Enneagram typing -

They wouldn't know an enneagram in Alabama if it got shoved up their ass (those pointy parts....ouch...)

Gurdjieff Enneagram typing -

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 17:06:21 +0000

In reply to OK, Boomer, draft your back story NOW!

Gurdjieff Enneagram typing - know your cuts of meat

https://www.al.com/opinion/2020/03/coronavirus-and-the-enneagram.html

Precious Blood of the Sweet

jollyroger — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:33:43 +0000

In reply to Terence McNally....RIP

Precious Blood of the Sweet Baby Jesus, someone snatch Noam Chomsky and keep him safe!