Who ‘deserves’ care? Obabma doubts grandmother’s surgery cost

In an April interview with the NY Times the President questions whether the cost of his grandmother’s surgery was justified. Not that it was too expensive. He admitted he didn’t know the cost. He was questioning whether she was worth saving. Of course not in those words but how else can you read it. The article below is a quote from Bloomberg.com:

Obama Says Grandmother’s Hip Replacement Raises Cost Questions

By Hans Nichols

April 29 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said his grandmother’s hip-replacement surgery during the final weeks of her life made him wonder whether expensive procedures for the terminally ill reflect a “sustainable model” for health care.

The president’s grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, had a hip replaced after she was diagnosed with cancer, Obama said in an interview with the New York Times magazine that was published today. Dunham, who lived in Honolulu, died at the age of 86 on Nov. 2, 2008, two days before her grandson’s election victory.

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