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When aging without resources makes death seem like a rational choice

I am getting older and I know I will eventually need care I cannot afford so I think about killing myself while I still can instead of becoming a burden to my children.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Healthcare costs projected into an uncertain future transform aging from natural process into existential threat requiring radical solutions.

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