I am reminded of something former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm once said, " We have a duty to die.... to get out of the way for the next generation." (paraphrase).
End of life (EOL) care is very expensive in America. EOL care is a huge industry unto itself and yields little for the untold hundreds of billions$$$$ it rakes in each year for hospitals, doctors, etc.
I read somewhere the last six weeks of life, for the typical elderly American, are the most expensive six weeks of that life. Life savings, large and small, are wiped out as we seek to live one more day, week or month. Is that good public policy?
Please understand, I am not suggesting we set Granny adrift on an ice floe and wave goodbye. Families need to think about this: sometimes, but not always, we have a choice between a cheap death and an expensive death. The biological outcome is the same either way.
I hope to go cheap. And quick!
...sneaking away quietly 
