Old people has to die, regardless of whether its paid for privately or through taxes.

It might sound cold, but it really isn't. We need to stop thinking about wrenching the last bit of life out of an old and tired body as a positive thing, and instead see a dignified and natural death as a positive.

Keeping terminally ill people alive for a couple of extra months is NOT saving lives. Cancer isn't the deadliest disease, poverty is what kills most people in all countries. Keeping people who are going to die alive costs a heck of a lot of resources, resources which could instead be used on the production economy to create a means of subsistance for a lot more people. Whether healthcare is privately or publicly funded has no meaning on that debate.

All that said, however, we are still doing the same over here with our NHS-thingies, so I believe it's fair to say that public healthcare still saves quite a lot of money. Oh, and of course suing doctors is a candidate for the Dumbest Idea in History-award. Doctors are people, and like all people, they make mistakes in their jobs. Its part of real life, and demanding money when it happens is nonsense.