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Bill McKee

"BAR" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

Hell of a difference between 71 and 85 or 90 years old. A 94 year old
with
congestive heart failure and you are going to spend a 100k or so to
prolong
life a month?

If the 85 or 90 year old has the money in their hand let them spend it.

My wife's grandfather demanded that his doctor put in a pacemaker when
he was 82. About a year later the damn thing kept him alive in a near
vegetative state for another 5 years. Every time his heart said it was
time to stop beating the pacemaker kicked in and kept him living.

None of us are going to live forever and the sooner you realize that the
sooner you can make rational and informed plans. And, you can always
change your plans as technology advances as you age.

And who paid for his care in a vegetative state?