I dunno what the answer is. Maybe cap medicare, etc at 100K/ admission, and then, if the family wants, they can pick up the rest of the tab.
A lot of this comes down to our attitudes about life, and of personal ?responsibility. Right now, we view death an an enemy, not as an inevitable part of life. People need to understand they will die, and that we can't keep them alive forever, and to make appropriate choices, like advanced directives. You have to weigh your quality of life.
Hell, I'm no better than anybody else. I don't have one on paper, but I have talked to my kids. Trouble is, I still consider mice elf healthy enuf that I probably would want them to go full tilt boogie if something acute happens, so I don't want to say DNR this early in life. |
