My nearly-101 year old grandfather needed his pacemaker replaced. The doctor gave him the choice. He must have thought, "THIS IS MY CHANCE" and elected to have his pacemaker replaced, somewhere around his 101st birthday.
He died of complications of the replacement surgery - his IV lines got infected. I don't think Medicare got a refund on whatever they spent on the replacement pacemaker.
Sometimes US medicine is great. Sometimes US medicine is a wealth transfer program.
He died of complications of the replacement surgery - his IV lines got infected. I don't think Medicare got a refund on whatever they spent on the replacement pacemaker.
Sometimes US medicine is great. Sometimes US medicine is a wealth transfer program.