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Old 27-01-2008, 20:49   #20
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Re: Don't treat the old and unhealthy, say doctors

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Originally Posted by Anonymouse View Post
My mum died in an NHS hospital. ...
Clearly in this case the treatment made a great deal of difference.

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The thing is that the elderly have already paid for the treatment in advance through NI. How whould you feel if you had paid insurance all your life and then had the goalposts moved when you needed the very thing you had been paying towards?
I don't think it works this way. The money you and I are paying now goes to treating people now.
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