“Who are you to decide who gets it?”
Offense taken. I DID preface the post with the word “personally” which MEANS it wouldn’t be for me. Secondly, there is a history of breast cancer in my family which means I am likely to end up with it, so “personally” means just that. If one is truly afraid to die, then perhaps one is not quite right with the Lord. In which case, I suggest you might want to do that—no offense meant.
That said, you stating “personally” to any post is redundant, unless you're not speaking for yourself.
I am sorry about your family history, but the fact remains these and other interventions start off expensive and drop in price as competitive products reach the market or they go off patent. You or Obamacare bureaucrats shouldn't decide.
When you said, “Personally, I don’t think that $9000/month for an extra 6 months would be worth it for anyone—but the pharmaceutical company. Then again, maybe someone afraid of dying would think it a bargain” did you mean the money or the time? Did you mean that the company providing the service shouldn't be paid? Or that someone afraid of dying, which is quite normal, should be faulted for feeling that way?
It isn't clear.
I am saying the trouble is that people don't pay for their own health care. What that costs isn't your or anyone else’s business.