“Knowing how long a person has to live is essential in making informed decisions about what treatments they should get and where they should get them”
In a Country with socialized healthcare this information is very useful for managing taxpayer costs for healthcare.
if their model predicts you will die in 6 months, why should you get a transplant.
if you are mentally or ideologically unfit, why should you get more than minimum care ever.
We’re already in socialized healthcare at senior age groups. Tons of seniors are on medicare.
Minimum care is exactly that.
I’m sure that the motivations you point out are a big part of this, but I can also say, after spending the past 6 years caring for two elderly relatives, something like this tool would have helped me aid them in making better care decisions.
In hindsight, I would have urged more focus early on on physical and occupational therapy, and even consented earlier to hospice. They probably would have lived as long, and their quality of life would have been better.
These end of life decisions are brutal for the family member “on point”. Probably shaved a few years off of my own life as well!