I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but no, we can't talk. We literally cannot have an adult conversation about this topic. Not, at least, in the US.

I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but no, we can't talk. We literally cannot have an adult conversation about this topic. Not, at least, in the US. The ACA (Obamacare) tried to add a provision allowing Medicare to cover voluntary counseling on living wills, end of life care, etc., to encourage more seniors to get educated on the topic. Conservatives made up the blatant and absurd lie that the ACA would require seniors to "stand in front of death panels and convince them that they deserved healthcare." The lie stuck, and stuck hard. At one point polls showed that 30% of the public (and 47% of Republicans) believed the lie, and it persists to this day.