Hank,

It's a humane ethic, but the facts are that we can't afford to give every human the best possible medical care, regardless of cost, for any, every, and all medical conditions that occur. I've read that currently a person incurs 90% of the medical costs of their lifetime in their final 5 years of life. A lot of that is money spent trying to prevent old people who are dying from the inevitable - dying. Regardless of the best of intentions, that level of care is going to accrue to the wealthy, if they choose it. The rest of us don't get it, never will get, and we can't afford it anyway.

I want decent health care to keep me functional for as long as I'm functional. After that it's just pissing money away. Maybe that's why I support easy access to good drugs like marijuana, morphine, or whatever provides comfort through the terminal condition.

Sg