I would argue that we must be required to fill out living will’s along with our required insurance paperwork. It should be kept onhand with the paperwork.
So often it isnt the people ‘charging’ the system who elect for these costs, but rather their families. My Grandfather made it abundantly clear he did NOT want to be on a machine. But when ‘God came calling’ my aunt wasnt ready for it. She did everything she could to try to convince my family to do everything medically possible. Most medical costs are in the last few months of life, and it is stupid we leave all decisions until this point. I really think this alone would fix 25%+ of the funding gap for health care. And how can we argue that personal choices are apart of ‘death panels’ or ‘socialist rationing’?
