Mike Bloomberg had previously said that healthcare providers should not treat elderly prostate cancer patients in order to alleviate care costs and hospital overcrowding.

Videos published on YouTube by TheDC Shorts and Salt confirm that Michael Bloomberg had said so about elderly patients with incurable diseases.

Videos published on YouTube by TheDC Shorts and Salt confirm that Michael Bloomberg had said so about elderly patients with incurable diseases.According to compilations of videos published by TheDC Shorts and Salt on YouTube, Michael Bloomberg had suggested that healthcare providers should not treat elderly patients with prostate cancer due to the improbability of their recovery and as a means of prioritizing treatments for younger patients with low healthcare costs and hospitalisation. The video compilations include instances of Bloomberg's comments on other similar subjects.

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