PHLB09H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Analog Science Fiction And Fact, Death Panel
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Synopsis on webpage: people in la crosse, wisconsin are used to talking about death. In fact, 96 percent of people who die in this small, midwestern city have specific directions laid out for when they pass. La crosse is such an exception thanks to one guy who decided that people in this town needed to make plans for their death. In today"s episode, we"ll take you to a place where dying has become acceptable dinner conversation for teenagers and senior citizens alike. It"s a place that also happens to have the lowest medicare spending of any region in the country. Betty pla(cid:374)(cid:374)ed her death (cid:862)a (cid:449)hile ago(cid:863), e(cid:448)e(cid:374) fu(cid:374)eral arra(cid:374)ge(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts: advanced directive. George has one too: fixed one up in 2004. They do (cid:374)ot (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to (cid:271)e kept ali(cid:448)e to (cid:271)e a (cid:862)(cid:448)egeta(cid:271)le(cid:863) Even have a plan in case they get cancer. When people do not plan for their funerals.
