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Originally posted by ktsnake
Again, I'm not really taking a position either way. However, your figure there is GROSSLY overstated when I compare it to what I've been able to look up on the www.
http://www.muhc.ca/media/ensemble/2002june/premature/
The meat of the article relating to your figure is found in this excerpt:
"Treating an extremely premature baby, who is very sick, can cost up to $100,000. But while the figure is staggering, it needs perspective. Barrington submits that it is less costly than a year on dialysis or a heart transplant. Furthermore, it provides the baby with the potential for a lifetime. Barrington says the cost per extra year of life gained is less than that found in just about any other area of acute care medicine. In his opinion, the promising outcome of interventions at the NICU-the survival rate, the quality of life, and the life expectancy-justify the costs. "
So in other words, a WORST CASE sick 22-week baby can still be cared for with an overall cost of UP TO $100,000. I don't know where your friend got $100,00 per day, it would seem unlikely that any hospital would charge someone 3 million dollars for a premie.
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They live in Atlanta. I didn't pull these figures out of the air, but there's always the chance that they did. I do know that the March of Dimes took care of many of the costs, but kept "billing" them so that they knew how much it was costing to keep the baby alive.
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Originally posted by aurora_borealis
honeychile, once I was told that the difference in a child and fetus was defined with viability outside the womb. Of course there was no definition of whether or not support methods are included in viability (machines and so on).
It states in the artcile the banned method is safer than the other, that dismembers the fetus. Dismembered, YUCK. mu_agd I have the same question, life of the mother over the fetus?
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I think that you'll find that the vast majority of pro-life organizations will take the life of the mother over the fetus.
Okay, my example of the 22-week baby is two years old. With the advances of medical technology, this will probably be decreasing by the day. When then will we measure when life begins? Or will it remain that life begins at the convenience of the mother?
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