Reply To: Health Care Overhaul

CharlieHall is correct in stating that end of life care for the elderly is almost entirely payed for by the government, but he neglects to mention end of life care in a situation where the patient is not elderly and is unfortunetly in an “endof life’ situation are we to allow the decision as to when to stop treatment in the hands of a secular government?

Secondly if it is indeed cheaper to provide politicians with government health care and government health care is just as good then why will politicians not accept such care?

I would also posit if Medicare and Medicaid are the most efficient forms of health care then why does the government predict looming deficits for those programs while private insurance turns a profit (albeit a slight one in comparison to other industrys?

in regard to the “Torah Chiyuv”: If CharleHall admits that as of now life threatening conditions are treated in emergency rooms then what exactly is the chiyuv of “Lo Samod”?

As for Rabbi Tendlers Shiur The first posuk brought by CharlieHall refers to a case where one causes physical injury to another in such a case yes the torah obligates him to pay damages as is the second.The third one is talking about Hashovas Aveida The third one which is “lo Samod” is the only one that is reletivley relevent and has already been addressed.