What's to be done about it though? Round the clock care requires people. Those people have to be paid. Paid enough to attract people to do the work. Someone has

What's to be done about it though? Round the clock care requires people. Those people have to be paid. Paid enough to attract people to do the work. Someone has to pay for it. Shifting it to the tax payer base doesn't change the math, it just moves the food around on the plate. Honestly, if I lived well into my 80s and a last few horrible months was going to cost over $100K of money I didn't have to spend and eat up 2-3 peoples full time efforts, I'd probably just opt out.