End-of-Life Warning at $618,616 Makes Me Wonder Was It Worth It

Re:End-of-Life Warning at $618,616 Makes Me Wonder Was It Wo... by awa on Thursday March 04, 2010 @05:45PM (#1168285)

From the article it seems he was teaching for a lot of the time after the initial diagnosis... Also, he took the chance to complete some of his lifelong dreams (visiting Pompeii). And the bill was actually 250k after negotiations.

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Re:End-of-Life Warning at $618,616 Makes Me Wonder Was It Wo... by dustingetz on Thursday March 04, 2010 @06:57PM (#1168423)

i'm all for giving a dying man his dreams, but we spend comparatively zero on dying kids in 3rd world countries. that much dough could allow a bunch of children a chance at a whole life.

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Re:End-of-Life Warning at $618,616 Makes Me Wonder Was It Wo... by pyre on Thursday March 04, 2010 @07:23PM (#1168465)

The difference here is that had he not spent that money on living, the money saved could have gone to saving dying kids in third-world countries, but probably would not have done so. It would have just been more profit in the bottom-line of some insurance company and less revenue for some doctors/hospitals, that's it.

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