Government controlled health care is being rammed down our throats. This "60 Minutes segment on The Cost of Dying" is helping to soften the blow.  Steve Kroft interviewed Dr. Ira Byock who was offering a monetary reason to hasten death when he stated on the show on Sunday, This is the way so many Americans die. Something like 18 to 20 percent of Americans spend their last days in an ICU," Byock told Kroft. "And, you know, it's extremely expensive. It's uncomfortable. Many times they have to be sedated so that they don't reflexively pull out a tube, or sometimes their hands are restrained. This is not the way most people would want to spend their last days of life. And yet this has become almost the medical last rites for people as they die.Families cannot imagine there could be anything worse than their loved one dying. But in fact, there are things worse. Most generally, it's having someone you love die badly.Asked what he means by "die badly,"...(Read Full Post)