>Waste resources on someone who is far past their useful stages of life Someone who is far past their *useful* stages of life is actually entering the prime of their most *profitable* stage of life. Keep them alive at any cost and prescribe them a dozen different heart/cancer medications, that is how you get a recurring revenue stream. And they're all covered by Medicare, so it really doesn't matter what you charge for your services, some tax paying moron is gonna foot the bill regardless.