Opinion: Is it better to die in America or in England?

We frequently hear complaints about how people near the end of life are treated in America. Patients are attached to tubes and machines and subjected to too many invasive procedures. Death occurs too frequently in the hospital, rather than at home, where the dying can be surrounded by loved ones. And it is way too expensive. Each year, the care of dying seniors consumes over 25 percent of Medicare expenditures. Death in America is frequently compared unfavorably with death in other countries, where people may not be as focused on extending life with every possible intervention.