Death is so much more expensive now than it used to be, especially because Americans are completely incapable of having a grown-up discussion about end-of-life care and whether a $30,000/day hospital bill is worth it. We're all obsessed with quantity of life, rather than quality. So people with horrible cancers get drugs that make them feel horrible to get an extra 6 weeks of life (after 6 months of feeling horrible from chemo). It's ridiculous. Spend that time with your family and OxyContin and relatively enjoy it. (Obviously, for cancers with good prognoses, the equation is different.)

This article is really interesting.