So anyone not a medical professional such as yourself has no worthy opinion or viewpoint? Is that what you are saying?
I’m not going to detail my personal life for you. But I will say that I am no stranger to caring for the dying.
Turning the medical profession and the government into executioners is not the answer to pain and suffering.
I certainly could have gotten rich giving false hope to families with little or no medical experience.
“You don’t want your mother to die do you?” Well, another $2000 MRI scan will help; better let yet another $500, 5 minute neurologic help you make a decision; best get a $200 basic metabolic panel to see if her condition has changed since yesterday.”
“For an extra $3000 a month your mother can rest with a higher class of fellow patients who don’t recognize their children. Why, all of our non-English speaking aliens are certified legal!”
“We will just bankrupt your mom so she will be indigent and we can have Medicare and the Taxpayer pay for all these extra tests. She will now have to stay in a crappy nursing home and have a roommate, but neither know who they are so what the hell!”
“Another couple of years in that trailer park won’t hurt because you know your mom is getting the best care possible. You son wasn’t college material anyway and state schools are fine, those Ivy League schools are over rated. New Car? Come on, that clunker will run fine for a couple of more years and by ordering a few more tests I’ll be able to afford that new yacht I have had my eye on”.
Yep, there is a lot of money in taking care of the neurologically impaired. The absolute main problem is getting useful information which will provide realistic expectations. Hard to come by if you are not well informed. Even then it is a battle.
Good luck to all of you, you will need it.