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by mobiplayer 3336 days ago
This law literally tells you how to live your life, especially if you're a woman: No kids, no reporting sexual assault, ...

As per your claim on the NHS I'm not sure what are you trying to imply. Do you think the NHS or other similar systems choose to let people die based on economic reasons? Because that'll be a surprise. Disclosure: I live in the UK and grew up in Spain, where last night my grandmother passed at the age of 99 after A LOT of healthcare was poured into her (despite the fact she never had "a job"), of course paid by taxes.

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The NHS does have a guidelines published by NICE. Doctors would follow those when deciding care. It's not about your contribution to the economy, but about the patients quality of life and future life expectancy. Being 99 means she could have had another decade if an acute illness was corrected.

Things get difficult when patients have longer term chronic illnesses​. If she had kidney failure and heart desease the doctors who probably discuss a different care plan.