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When family members refuse care to protect loved ones financially

My elderly father refuses treatment for his dementia because he says healthcare bankrupted my mother before she died and he would rather die than leave us in debt.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Healthcare costs transform medical treatment from care into potential family destruction, making death seem like a generous choice.

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