The nightmarish dystopian world of end of life care

[Mack27]

The funeral home director told her the deep pressure ulcers on her father’s body were the worst he had ever seen. The records she obtained showed that in the last year of his life, his care cost at least a million dollars. Was that the best, she wondered, that a million dollars could buy?
“He didn’t die in his bed, and that’s what he wanted,” she said. “I still feel that I let him down.”

This isn't a conservative or liberal issue, this is a human issue when stuff like this happens. A bloated corrupt innefficient system spent $1,000,000 to give this guy horrendous care in the last year of his life. He could have had a private medical staff giving him the best care in the world for that kind of money.

Long poignant article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/nyregion/family-fights-health-care-system-for-simple-request-to-die-at-home.html?_r=0

 

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