Harry Guerrilla
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I agree that this is sometimes a problem. It is the responsibility of the care givers to help the decision maker see things clearly through an open and frank discussion of the situation, and this sometimes requires repeated discussions and time for development of trust. It should be explained that what the doctors need to know is what the patient would want for himself if he were able to tell them.
Well, there are a huge amount of people that won't do that.
So the government is going to put a ceiling on end of life care.
A lot of people get disgusted by this though, but how much money should the government pay to extend one life, by one year?
$10k, $100k, $1mil, $1bil?