For a contrasting viewpoint to your contrasting viewpoint, I took over my parents' finances as my father was dying from emphysema. He had a number of comorbidit

For a contrasting viewpoint to your contrasting viewpoint, I took over my parents' finances as my father was dying from emphysema. He had a number of comorbidities that led him to see a number of specialists, so he was definitely using a large number of health services. After he died, I steeled myself for the dreaded slow drip of medical bills in the ensuing weeks and months. They never came. Because my father had Medicare and a Medigap plan.