Expecting Doctors to Do It All
An acquaintance of mine has pretty much destroyed his liver at the age of only 26 and will die unless he gets a liver transplant. Meanwhile he's said to be taking a medication that costs around $10,000 a month (could this be anywhere near a proper figure?) and which he will have to continue taking for the rest of his "life" unless he gets a liver transplant. I am concerned that he is said not to have developed any plan to achieve sobriety nor has he tried AA. If so he may be expecting the doctors to do it all. If this is accurate it raises serious ethical problems, particularly since the cost of treatment is coming out of "medicaid" public funds.
W.