Lukalot_ t1_j1y74h0 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 7:08 AM

Reply to comment by Fearless-Mango2169 in 2nd Biggest purchase! What will it be. My postulation is. by Sad-Plan-7458

This seems unethical. Life extension should be equally available.

Fearless-Mango2169 t1_j1y7bmk wrote on December 28, 2022 at 7:11 AM

It's absolutely unethical, however take a look at the price increase for insulin and EpiPen's in the US to see how little that can matter.

screamtrumpet t1_j1z2he2 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 1:45 PM

Sorta adds a new meaning to “cost of living”

Mickl193 t1_j1ybdzn wrote on December 28, 2022 at 8:04 AM

Just like having a place to live, it won't be.

Lukalot_ t1_j1yc3r7 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 8:14 AM

I think at least one difference here is that "treatments" are distributable and dividable in a way that housing isn't. We have a housing shortage in a way that I don't think we could have a "life extension medication shortage"— ie. whereas any degree of life extension is an advantage, a house is only beneficial as a whole. Life extension seems easier to share equitably. But, yeah, I don't disagree that life extension won't be fairly distributed without hard or impossible political work.

Southern_Orange3744 t1_j1zqtfj wrote on December 28, 2022 at 4:46 PM

Already is. Medical treatment, luxury medicines, organic foods