The extinction of the human race

[Stickyfingers]

Originally Posted by pickled_heretic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lol, what precedents do you have to think that this would become a "way of life?" all life-extending therapies are considered not necessary and aren't covered by any univeral health care plan or insurer in any country now, why would it be different for this? When you look at what kind of care you can get at a clinic or hospital, you can go there to get something fixed if something isn't working properly, and that's about it. I'm positive based on past history that this would become an expensive elective operation and people who couldn't afford it would get pissed.

Really? Last time I checked Open Heart Surgery is covered by insurance and pretty much any other life threatening disease....and last time I checked, when they cure these things it extends your life? Also, it's not covered by insurance because it doesn't exist yet. Why wouldn't insurance companies want this anyways?


It costs them shitloads when people have large and expensive surgeries, if they could monitor people to prevent the need for the surgeries it would save them a ton of money. This would take a lot of pressure off the healthcare system as a whole since there wouldn't be suprises (unless new disease arises).



Also, Omnimorph, this isn't what I want to occur, living for 900 years would suck frankly. This is merely what I believe is very possible to occur with technological advances being the way they have been.

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Stickyfingers [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Really? Last time I checked Open Heart Surgery is covered by insurance and pretty much any other life threatening disease....and last time I checked, when they cure these things it extends your life? Also, it's not covered by insurance because it doesn't exist yet. Why wouldn't insurance companies want this anyways?

Please. Open heart surgery is to "fix something wrong," not to artificially extend life. And aside from that, insurance costs money, and you STILL have to pay a lot of money EVEN IF YOU ARE INSURED to get open heart surgery. Thousands of dollars. Furthermore, insurance companies DO NOT COVER elective operations. You can't get your insurance company to give you lasik, and you're not going to be able to get them to pay for your life-extending nanobot treatment either.

It costs them shitloads when people have large and expensive surgeries, if they could monitor people to prevent the need for the surgeries it would save them a ton of money. This would take a lot of pressure off the healthcare system as a whole since there wouldn't be suprises (unless new disease arises).

There is no financial incentive for preventative medicine in health care. Insurance companies still get paid if you go to the ER 3+ times a year for a cold. This isn't going to change with your super therapy either.