Posted on 10/31/2014 2:10:09 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Medicare is asking for public comment on whether it should pay doctors for counseling patients about their options for end-of-life care.
Friday's announcement came in a voluminous regulation on physician payment. Spokesman Aaron Albright says it will "give the public ample opportunity to weigh in on the topic."
Five years after a similar proposal triggered a political backlash against President Barack Obama's health care legislation, the administration is dipping its toe in the water.
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Pelosi should volunteer to do the counseling since Death Panels are her thing, ya think?
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