US Capitol Capsule: Payers' Choice: Death Is Cheap; Drugs Add Costs
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Executive Summary
Former White House policy adviser Ezekiel Emanuel, who is now the vice provost and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, famously wrote last year that he plans to stop all health care efforts to prolong his life once he reaches 75, contending the "manic desperation to endlessly extend life is misguided and potentially destructive."