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- From: HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.)
- Subject: Re: FOCA: And I quote.....
- In-Reply-To: ray@netcom.com's message of Mon, 14 Sep 92 19:38:10 GMT
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:28:56 GMT
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- In <tyyn0gp.ray@netcom.com> ray@netcom.com writes:
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- > HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.) writes ...
- > > You have deleted my question to you: Should we have triage for all? Shall we
- > >let cancer patients die because we could save more lives by spending the money
- > >elsewhere? And don't forget the millions spent on pure research in the area.
- > >Should the premie have been allowed to die? Would have saved oodles of $$. And
- > >how bout them artificial limbs? Waste of money. Shall I continue?
- >
- > We already have triage for all. The factors are complex and weigh not only
- > the cost of the procedure and the likelyhood of success, but also the person's
- > percieved "value" to society and the circumstances of the need. Not everyone
- > (not even nearly everyone) gets _all_ the medical care that might do them
- > some good.
- >
- > But in answer to your question ...
- >
- > Would I rather see $100,000 spent on a 95% chance of saving my life or spent
- > on a 5% chance of saving the life a 22-week preemie?
-
- I do suppose then, that you will tell the parents that the money was poorly
- spent?
-
- > Would I rather see $40,000 spent to force a woman to give birth than spent
- > to save the lives of 40 living, breathing, starving, people?
- >
- > Take a guess.
- >
- > Perhaps preventing abortions _won't_ save lives.
- > Ray Fischer
-
- You've gone binary again, Ray. Either-or. C'mon man, not all choices are
- 1-0. All we need are about 12 fewer B-2 bombers. Then we could do almost
- all of it. I say we can do both.
-
-
- semper fi,
-
- Jammer Jim Miller
- Texas A&M University '89 and '91
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