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Old 11-23-2009, 07:29 PM   #11
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Well if my insurance wants to pay for it, then that's great, or if my estate can and does, but if you expect the taxpayers to do it, given the odds against such an event, then no.

so if the benefit is 1 in 100,000 cases might be found, and you are asking the government to spend $200,000,000.00 to save that one life, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Who said anything about the taxpayers funding it? As I said to Waters, anyone can make up numbers.

I'm curious if this case gives anyone pause, specifically concerning the Schiavo case, but also just generally. Does this case cause anyone to re-examine their right-to-die position?

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could you ask a more vague question please?
It's not vague at all. It's actually quite simple. What's the test worth to you?
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