> George wrote:

>> HeyBub wrote:

>>> Tony Hwang wrote:

>>>> Stormin Mormon wrote:

>>>>> Sex, or money?
>>>>>

>>>> Neither. First and foremost, your good health!

>>>
>>> Money can buy good health. And sex. And more money.

>>
>>
>> Really?, stop by the cancer wing of your local hospital and have a
>> look around and then repeat that.

>
> I used to work at M.D. Anderson, possibly the best cancer research and
> treatment center in the world. Research and treatment costs plenty.
>
> Now it is possible that money won't help.
>
> My doctor told me the story of one of his lab assistant's mother. She was an
> active 74-year old widow, worked in her church, volunteered for various
> causes, etc. She developed a tumor on her optic nerve which resulted in
> blindness. Under her Canadian health care system: 74-years old + brain tumor
> = palative care only (nursing home, etc.). No amount of money could cure
> her.
>
> The daughter brought her to the U.S. The technique used here is a
> laproscopic removal via the nasal and sinus cavities - a thirty-minute
> procedure. The benign tumor was remove, her sight returned, and the total
> charge was less than $5,000. Two days in the hospital and she returned to
> Canada (silly woman).
>
> Point is, sometimes money can't buy health. It depends on whether you're in
> Canada.
>

>>

>>>
>>> Money is good.