This is the Only Country That Treats Aging Itself Like a Disease

On the first page of the business section today there was an article on long-term care facilities and a couple things got me thinking:
First, the journalist, Alex Berenson writes that "the federal program spends almost $5 billion annually on the hospitals, providing about 60 percent of their total revenue". This was no shock, because in the history of hospitals federal funding has always been a huge asset to the institutions. However, that amount of money suggests that we as a nation see the care for ailing individuals or elderly as our duty and this is simply not the case.
We are perhaps the only country that treats our elderly as well..elderly. No matter where I travel, older generations are not only treated with a great amount of respect, they are revered as wise and valuable members of the community.
This is even reflected in how the elderly or ailing individuals are treated within these facilities. Many people would just assume to let people die out , despite recent scientific evidence that shows such individuals still have a ton of brain function.
My parents and I are already joking of the plantation I will have to buy in order to house all four of them in their own cottages. In my family at least, care, no matter the condition is expected and to not do so to the best of my ability would be shameful.