I respectfully considered your position until you wrote:
“And as far as medical costs go, lung cancer is pretty cheap to treat. Give the patient pain killers, make them comfortable and help them find peace in their final days. That’s really about it.”
Clearly you haven’t gone through this hell from early to late stage to death with anyone or you wouldn’t say that.
As for the elderly’s health care; can’t argue that, and never have been a fan of covering all their costs, but let’s not start penalizing people for making it to old age.
Fortunately, I haven't. I didn't mean to sound callous, it was just my understanding that there isn't much that can be done once lung cancer has been diagnosed.