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louis c

(8,652 posts) Thu Jun 29, 2017, 01:48 PM Jun 2017

There is such a thing as "death panels" [View all]

They're called life-time caps.

If someone is very ill with a serious or terminal disease, such as cancer, what's the difference between an insurance policy that no longer provides coverage and a sentence of death?

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There is such a thing as "death panels" [View all] louis c Jun 2017 OP

There is such a thing as "death panels"... Raster Jun 2017 #1

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And no insurance company will touch 93-yo people ... that's partly why there's Medicare ... mr_lebowski Jun 2017 #4

More broadly, they're insurance companies. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2017 #3

Yes! Regarding problems with continually readmitting Hortensis Jun 2017 #5

Until there are medical resources for everyone NobodyHere Jun 2017 #6