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Lessons of a $618,616 Death
theodp writes "Two years after her husband's death, Amanda Bennett examines the costs and complex questions of keeping one man alive. The bills for his seven-year battle with cancer totaled $618,616, almost two-thirds of which was for his final 24 months. No one can say for sure if the treatments helped extend his life, and she's left with a question she still can't answer: When is it time to quit?"
...and he could have at least said his death was palindromic.
Some diseases come result in a shorttime depression, which means that you can't just let people die because they don't want to live for a day or two. They c
God speed, lad. His suffering was so great, he couldn't bear to finish his post before pulling the plug. :(
Reagan era?
640K should be enough for anyone.