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Originally Posted by jillio
Let's see....JAMA= Journal of the American Medical Association. Cost effectiveness analysisi=medical model misplacing the benefits of an elective surgery performed on the individual to the benefit to a society. Nothing new here. Just another indication of the attempt to normalize the deaf population according to hearing standards, and to dictate personal decision based on the hearing norms. More evidence of the true concern of the medical establishment...MONEY< MONEY< MONEY. Saving an individual's neighbors a few dollars in taxes hardly seems justification for making a decision that impacts the individual. Come get a CI...your neighbors will be able to afford a new car it you do! It's cheaper to hear. And your doctor will love you, because the more CIs that are done, the greater the profit margin for the practitioners.
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This cost effectiveness mentality from the medical community could do so many, especially the ones who dont qualify For or couldnt benefit from CIS, more damage economically, socially, and emotionally because it will teach the general public the view that deaf/hoh people who fall in that category as a burden to society. That is something we do not need and it will be discriminatory.