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Malapple t1_j4wr509 wrote

This is so important.

I want as much dignity as I can keep when my time comes.

I do not want to saddle my family with crushing debt generated in my last few weeks of life.

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OldHagFashion t1_j4xk60n wrote

> I do not want to saddle my family with crushing debt generated in my last few weeks of life.

I am shocked at the readiness with which people accept this train of thought, as if the debt is a natural inevitability. It’s a false dichotomy—we should be eliminating medical debt entirely and thus eliminating that dilemma. It is a sign that we really live in a dystopia that people have resigned themselves to medical debt and found it easier to just kill people rather than reform medical care in the US.

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Malapple t1_j4xpker wrote

I’m all for reform, vote accordingly.

How does that help someone, right this instant?

I do not think it’s a false dichotomy. That implies I could choose to have US medicine reform and choose not to.

And while some people actually do advocate killing others, I’m not. I’m speaking for myself, in a situation where survival beyond days is impossible but hospitals will still incur huge charges. And I’m also not talking about “no heroic measures”.

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