I watched a scary movie this weekend, “Repo Men”.  The movie was not hair-raising, frightening, or terrifying in the normal sense.  It was alarming because it raised the issue of, in the not too distant future, how will society pay for the medical discoveries that will come.  In the movie, consumers are faced with incredibly huge costs to buy life extending medical devices. They agree to outrageous repayment terms in order to purchase an extension on life.  The movie reminded me that neither our medical reimbursement system nor our laws are ready for the medical advances available to us in the upcoming decades.