> And I'm planning to kill myself before I lose it completely.

This is a common plan, but it doesn't work. When that moment arrives when you would want to, you no longer have the mental faculties to do it.

Before then, you'll be feeling like everything is going just fine, so why end it?

Assisted suicide or DNR's don't really work without family members to enforce them. Medical providers are incentivized to keep you alive: Both morally and financially (you can chose which counts for more depending on how cynical you are, but either way the two motives are in sync).

Time will tell, I guess.

But re medical providers, why would they keep me alive if there's no money left? It's a pretty good bet that even AmEx would start declining charges, at some point.

The government pays for healthcare for retirees.

They are bilking the government, not the individual. They actually prefer it that way since there isn't anyone checking on them.

I didn't think that Medicare was that generous.

It's for people who are destitute. They insist you spend all your own money first, and then you are covered fully for everything, with a small monthly allowance from social security.

Providers are happy to help you spend all your own money, and then be fully covered.

That's Medicaid, I think. Medicare coverage for old people is much more limited.

But I do agree that fraudulent exploitation of Medicaid and Medicare by the medical industry is all too common.

Well, your heirs/estate would be still liable for any debts you incur?

Heirs aren't liable for debt, unless they've cosigned on loans.

I think there might be a market for a dead-man switch (no pun intended, honest), but you'd never be able to get a doctor to implant it.

I rather like that idea :) Except for the risk of bugs, and getting pwned :(

I wasn't thinking of anything that can connect to a network!

Well, there's virtually always an interface :)