Follow the money. Key quote from the article: In 2011, Medicare spending was almost $554 billion ― 28 percent of which was spent during patients’ last

Follow the money. Key quote from the article: In 2011, Medicare spending was almost $554 billion ― 28 percent of which was spent during patients’ last six months of life Thankfully my personal experiences with dying relatives were not like this. At the end there was in-home hospice care. When the pain got to be too much, the morphine dose was gradually increased. Sadly, we do need go through this experience firsthand with our parents and relatives. It's the only way we'll really come to understand that it will eventually happen to us.