[Aevery_Freeman]

This will sound harsh!

Thanks to governmental meddling in health care, we now have a health care system that is far too large for the society. I give you the analogy of the excessive number of McMansions.

We cannot afford to pay for all the health care we have developed for if we did, all the wealth available for future generations would be consumed to keep someone alive (but not living) for a period of months to a few years.

I went through this with my mother and with the wisdom of hindsight, it would have been far better for her and the family if we had less medical care. But you can't ask that of the children, even if they are also old.

[ichabod1]

An overwhelming percent of medical care is delivered in the last weeks of life. It’s understandable that some would want to get the number down. Unfortunately, because of the government, people don’t trust the doctors when they say someone is terminal so no one trusts them not to kill a patient to free up a bed.

[itsahoot]

Yes it is always best when someone else decides when your quality of life is to good enough to bear the expense. </useless food gobblers