Posted on 12/25/2010 7:58:43 PM PST by jimbo123
When a proposal to encourage end-of-life planning touched off a political storm over “death panels,” Democrats dropped it from legislation to overhaul the health care system. But the Obama administration will achieve the same goal by regulation, starting Jan. 1.
Under the new policy, outlined in a Medicare regulation, the government will pay doctors who advise patients on options for end-of-life care, which may include advance directives to forgo aggressive life-sustaining treatment.
Congressional supporters of the new policy, though pleased, have kept quiet. They fear provoking another furor like the one in 2009 when Republicans seized on the idea of end-of-life counseling to argue that the Democrats’ bill would allow the government to cut off care for the critically ill.
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Just what else do these idiots think "end of life planning" means?
like a dog to its vomit...
Expending funds not authorized by the US Congress is illegal.
I believe Boner will call them on it too....
Pay for docs to suggest you think about cashing out...
I think a lot of people picture a Death Panel as a row of doctors at a table discussing Mary Smith, age 58, and deciding to give her an enormous shot of morphine rather than pay for her dialysis. The Sheeple say "That would never happen!" And they are right -- but no one says that's what a Death Panel is like. Death Panels are a lot more subtle than that. Doesn't make them less deadly.
End of life planning and treatment is to be discussed with a doctor AND government should not be in the health care business. What that means though is that government agencies are not cutting checks to hospitals to pay people’s health care tab.
This hysteria about pulling the plug on granny is the other side of the same coin when liberals talk about having to take care of people through government means.
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“The final version of the health care legislation, signed into law by President Obama in March, authorized Medicare coverage of yearly physical examinations, or wellness visits. The new rule says Medicare will cover “voluntary advance care planning,” to discuss end-of-life treatment, as part of the annual visit. “
Yes, each time you go fro your yearly exam you will be reminded to think about you END OF LIFE PLAN.
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Mr. Blumenauer, the author of the original end-of-life proposal, praised the rule as “a step in the right direction.”
“It will give people more control over the care they receive,” Mr. Blumenauer said in an interview. “It means that doctors and patients can have these conversations in the normal course of business, as part of our health care routine, not as something put off until we are forced to do it.”
Yes, they will desensitize you to it.
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I read through this trying to find business of government anywhere, but found none.
My health isn’t any of the government’s business unless I am an asset in inventory such as say a slave or something along those lines.
I’m NOT a slave......I think.
“The final version of the health care legislation, signed into law by President Obama in March, authorized Medicare coverage of yearly physical examinations, or wellness visits. The new rule says Medicare will cover “voluntary advance care planning,” to discuss end-of-life treatment, as part of the annual visit. “
Yes, each time you go fro your yearly exam you will be reminded to think about you END OF LIFE PLAN.
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Mr. Blumenauer, the author of the original end-of-life proposal, praised the rule as “a step in the right direction.”
“It will give people more control over the care they receive,” Mr. Blumenauer said in an interview. “It means that doctors and patients can have these conversations in the normal course of business, as part of our health care routine, not as something put off until we are forced to do it.”
Yes, they will desensitize you to it.
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It beats being herded into an oven I suppose, but only slightly. The Obamanation rolls on! I shudder to think what the stinking RINOs are going to help him do in the NEXT two years.
Obamacare gets 0 funding Jan 5th 2011.
The silence on this issue will be deafening.
HAHAHAHA.....remember Social Security???? YES, YOU are a slave.
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And they will make decisions based on your contribution to society. Only Marxists will get treatment. They will record how you voted and pay you back accordingly.
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Obamacare's PELOSI (Palliative End of Life Optimum Serenity Initiative)
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