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.
Not a bad idea!
Right now, we view death an an enemy, not as an inevitable part of life.
Viewing it as an enemy has led to significant medical advance. Would you have PTCA if docs said "Oh, well, heart attacks are fatal."?
People need to understand they will die, and that we can't keep them alive forever
Yet.
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
I do.
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.
So you think that will save you from an auto accident resulting in disasterous brain injury? |
