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Perhaps not the best match for some patients but I would not begrudge a seriously ill cancer patient a medicaid cheeseburger. In fact, when my mother in law wa
by uberman 2y ago
Perhaps not the best match for some patients but I would not begrudge a seriously ill cancer patient a medicaid cheeseburger.
In fact, when my mother in law was dying of liver failure, her doctor told her to eat mcdonalds to keep her appetite stimulated and her caloric intake up.
She was always going to die but ultimately from liver failure not malnutrition.
- msisk6 2y agoSame when my dad was dying from cancer a few years ago. He was prescribed ice cream with "sprinkles" in an effort to get his caloric intake up. In the end the cancer still got him, but it was less painful than the alternative of, essentially, starving to death.
- sach1 2y agoIt doesn't really seem like that's the core of the clientele being billed here. I would rather pay for Mickey D's out of pocket for that specific situation rather than sacrifice the dietary health of other patients due to unscrupulous business practices of a vendor who's interested in cashing in on a vague food trend (to the detriment of the taxpayer and the patients' health).