The Death Curve (tm)... "age-based priority for receiving scarce medical" care:
Source: Obama's Health Rationer-in-Chief

"Death Curve" - So, I have the trademark and the copyright. I'm on the blower to China about t-shirts, and the website is coming soon. I should be on Regis and Whoever-the-hell-does-that-show-now in a matter of weeks. This may impact the frequency of my blog posts, but I'm all about the $$$, baby.

The Death Curve comes from Obama health reform Czar (capitalize that shit, bub)... Rahmmie's brother, Dr. Zeke Emanuel. Well, Zeke wrote a cool paper on the ethics of allocating medical resources... Jan 2009, it looks like. Principals for allocations of scarce medical interventions

Let's parse this Death Curve, shall we:
  • Newborns don't get as much care as teenagers because, well, they're new.
  • Teenagers get the most care because, um, well, um... because they're really annoying? OK, this one has me stumped a bit.
  • Your worthiness for health care appears to peak in your mid-late 20's... I could insert a joke about male potency or female appearance here, but my middle name is restraint.
  • Needless to say, as a 47 year old (white) guy, my worthiness drops every day.
  • At 55, you go to the back of the line and slowly fade away. Very nice.
Dr. Zeke says the feds should decide this stuff because the market is so "bad".
OK.

Let's see... Death Curve coffee mugs, Death Curve women's workout wear, and oh yeah... Death Curve Park at Wrigley Field!
death curve... yow, bill

PS - Ryan. Then Blago. And now Quinn. What is it with IL governors? This Quinn guy could outdo them all! Quinn Backs Down on Firing 2 U of I Trustees

PPS - How could I forget... Death Curve bikinis!

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