[lbo-talk] Re: living death

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Joanna;
> But, why in a nation where one third of the population can't afford to
> go to the doctor, there should be this kind of upheaval for keeping a
> woman in a vegetative state indefinitely....I haven't a clue.

Because they can milk Medicaid, Medicare or insurance companies for a
procedure that is rather cheap to perform - keeping vegetative functions is
highly automated and not very labor-intensive (e.g. vis a vis surgery).

Wojtek