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2. Futile care

Tue Jul 30, 2013, 02:53 PM

Jul 2013

Should these newborns with severe disabilities be kept alive no matter the cost when there is no hope? Pro-life people think so. Who pays for this? I used to work for a non-profit whose insurance coverage was dropped because a "hopeless" infant racked up 3 million dollars in care (died after one year). Should the rest of the employees, and their children, have to go without coverage for ONE doomed infant? They don't want to think about this.

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Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say [View all] dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 OP

The link to the article the story is based on is a dead. Just Saying Jul 2013 #1

Try this KamaAina Jul 2013 #6

Thank you Just Saying Jul 2013 #10

Futile care HockeyMom Jul 2013 #2

The futile care law in Texas was signed by none other than KamaAina Jul 2013 #7

Yeesh. That is a tough one Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #20

Likening women who have a medical procedure to a killer? Nice rw BS NightWatcher Jul 2013 #3

The story then goes on to say that George Zimmerman showed up to rescue the babies, right? blm Jul 2013 #4

LOL! Rex Jul 2013 #9

I call bullshit. n/t backscatter712 Jul 2013 #5

I wish people wouldn't say stupid shit like this. LuvNewcastle Jul 2013 #8

Yes, they commonly make the argument GlashFordan Jul 2013 #16

This article in the Telegraph is from Feb of 2012. PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #11

Appreciate that info.. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #13

Here's a great DUer! longship Jul 2013 #15

the link works, regardless the veracity Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #12

Read the book SheilaT Jul 2013 #14

Obviously written by a parent of a teenager......lol. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #18

What crap BainsBane Jul 2013 #17

Sounds like "Pre-persons" by Phillip K. Dick Downwinder Jul 2013 #19