> Medical technology has not really moved forward too much for basic care from 1986 This really depends on your definition of 'basic care', and, therefore, isn

> Medical technology has not really moved forward too much for basic care from 1986 This really depends on your definition of 'basic care', and, therefore, isn't a very interesting statement. My immediate counter-example is this: If someone in that family gets gallstones, they'll want laparoscopic surgery as opposed to the "open 'em up all the way" technique that was actually common for cholecystectomies (gallbladder removals) in 1986. Also, MRSA existed in 1986, but if it's resistant to the first-line choice of vancomycin, linezolid and other drugs that can cure vancomycin-resistant MRSA didn't exist then (and being in trials doesn't really count as 'existing' because, really, how many people can count on getting in on a drug trial?).