my connection with the tea party

[Zenda]

Again, I'll reiterate. Not surprisingly, most of the money spent in the US on health care is spent during the last years of a persons life. The money is often spent attempting to revitalize a patient beyond help. Example --> The story of Terence Bryan Foley

I hope your point is not that this is a waste of money. The widow in the story from your link seemed pretty glad she was with her husband for another 17 months, instead of the 3 months it would have taken without (expensive) treatment.

"Only I know that those 17 months included an afternoon looking down at the Mediterranean with Georgia from a sunny balcony in Southern Spain. Moving Terry into his college dorm. Celebrating our 20th anniversary with a carriage ride through Philadelphia’s cobbled streets."