What is the value of a human life? Australia puts the price tag at about $40,000 U.S. dollars (or $50,000 Australian Dollars). If you want to receive medical or pharmaceutical treatment, you better hope it costs less than this.
The UK not only values a life, but also the eyes, limbs and organs. If you’re over 45 and need an organ transplant, you better have deep pockets.
With the focus on controlling healthcare costs in Washington and state houses around the country, it will be interesting to see if someone is willing to consider such draconian measures in this country. I imagine that AARP’s legions of followers won’t take kindly to being told that their life isn’t worth saving because it is too expensive (or they are too old to matter). If AARP really wants to control healthcare costs, this would certainly do it.
