Yet another glimpse at the agonizing choices that individuals with deadly health challenges face with the economic realities of many state-of-the-art treatments. The article also touches on the alarming debates and choices that are just around the corner for just about every major country and its economic future, due to the staggering burden of health costs everywhere.
"Others, too, question the current priorities of U.S. medicine. 'We've prioritized end-of-life care as more important than preventive care or chronic care,' says Dr. John Santa, medical director for the Center for Evidence-based Policy in Portland, Ore."
Are you working on your family's strategy now? Make choices that are at hand today, before the pressures described here take them away or drive toward solutions you may not want. Here's the complete article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_on_he_me/spending_to_death_5
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