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There are probably some people who go with the DNR route because the healthcare system isn't that great in the US. They might prefer being 6 feet under over bei
by tomatsu 9y ago
There are probably some people who go with the DNR route because the healthcare system isn't that great in the US. They might prefer being 6 feet under over being crushed by debt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_debt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_debt
> 70 million Americans either have difficulty paying for medical treatment or have medical debt.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoDepending on age, its always possible to just skip and start over? Preferable to being dead.
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- crispyambulance 9y agoThe main reason to go DNR is for quality of life concerns. Once an elderly person has already been impaired by a stroke or some other chronic condition, adding more "medicalized" life-extension on top of that is cruel. 24-7 skilled nursing care is a miserable way to exist, regardless of who pays the US ~ $10K/month bill.
- criddell 9y agoRadioLab did an interesting podcast on DNR orders: http://www.radiolab.org/story/262588-bitter-end/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/262588-bitter-end/ I think people don't go the DNR route because their understanding of outcomes (from something like CPR) comes from television. Reality is much worse.