> Actually, not really. If I have a quality of life issue and I can improve my quality of life for $500, I will weigh the pros and cons and probably go for it.

> Actually, not really. If I have a quality of life issue and I can improve my quality of life for $500, I will weigh the pros and cons and probably go for it. If it costs $500,000, I'll suck it up until someone innovates the cost down to something I can afford. Good luck sucking up "take the procedure or die." Somehow, the "free market is best! Free market is king! Free market loves you!"-crowd always seems to ignore this not so small part of healthcare. It is always just "I don't need this procedure, so I just wait until it gets cheaper and suck it up until then!" .. yeah, sure.