my connection with the tea party

[kandrathe]

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."

So she should be happy to pay the additional $50K out of her own pocket. Perhaps had she used a few million, they might have had another great Thanksgiving with the family, and saw little Janie get married.

Once you are ruled by emotion, logic tends to fly out the window. I'm not saying to be unemotional, but realize that we often don't make good buying decisions based on emotions and we should live with the consequences.

My dad had cancer and extended his life ten years from when it initially metastasized. But, he was also very careful to leave his wife in a good financial place, and had time to get everything settled.