This oncologist says he’ll refuse all medical treatment once he reaches 75 | 7.30

Dr Ezekiel Emanuel is one of America's leading public health experts. He's an oncologist, bioethicist, an architect of Obamacare, and a former member of President Joe Biden's COVID advisory board. But when he turns 75, he's vowed to completely change his approach to health care.

Dr Emanuel wrote an essay some years ago carefully laying out why, from the age of 75, he'll let nature take its course. No more cancer screening or cardiac tests. Even flu shots will be out. He's now 65. That deadline is drawing closer.

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