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There's just no way spending a million dollars to raise a fetus up to the age of zero passes any kind of cost-benefit analysis

If you look at the cost in dollars per QALY, it's not that bad. That million dollar treatment probably produces 40 QALYs, for a cost of $25,000 per QALY; Americans typically pay $50-100k per QALY.



I see the logic here, but I don't really agree with it. Obviously, if the fetus had a million dollars of its own, it would happily spend them for the purpose, and that would be a sensible investment. But it doesn't, and I don't think it's a sensible investment for any third party, even the parents.




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