It sounds thought-provoking.
We are facing a healthcare challenge of monumental proportions as the Boomers reach medicare age.
And we can and do spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in the final months of life, and for what?
Mostly because no one wants to be the one to tell grandfather to put his affairs in order or that it's time to pull the plug on one's aunt.
Even socialized medicine doesn't directly do this. They just put you on the waiting list and everyone can say that the sick and elderly have equal access to health care (if they live long enough).