[tm-infringement]

The monetary cost stings, but the calculus they are talking about really is about quality of life / expectancy. You are a relatively healthy 85 year old but you are still an octogenarian, you get a gnarly stroke.

Do you want to?

A: Get resuscitated and get "lucky". You are completely dependent on 24/7 care draining little Timmy's college fund or worse putting your adult kids in to debt. If a family member takes cares of you personally you will mentally break them. Also you cannot do anything fulfilling ever again.

B: Get resuscitated, die after 3 weeks with broken ribs. Yay morphine.

C: Get resuscitated and "just" get a little brain damage, maybe you become asshole or forget someone. Also, broken ribs and will probably happen again.

D: Quit while you are ahead.

So yeah, I'll get a DNR when a broken hip becomes inevitable.

[datavirtue]

Here is another scenario:

You support your disabled son/daughter and have set up a trust to make sure their house is maintained in perpetuity. You get resurrected and end up in long term care. Not dead, so the part of the trust that kicks in is the lawyer selling/using assets to pay your bills that flow in after you or your medical POA fuck up the Medicare situation accidentally. You live for years and your son/daughter get booted out of the house you paid off and had meant for them.

One little slip up and ALL your money is gone while you drool helplessly in hell.

True story, happening right now.