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‘The Cost of Hope’ by Amanda Bennett

An intimate look at end-of-life care

By Suzanne Koven

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  June 11, 2012

How much money should be spent to prolong a life? This question arose in the recent Supreme Court debates surrounding the Affordable Care Act. But for a family member who faced the imminent death of a loved one, it’s not easy to take such a clear-eyed view of the economics of health care. Someone who did is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Amanda Bennett.

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