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U.S. Alters Rule on Paying for End-of-Life Planning [Death Panels: Gov. Sarah Palin wins again!]
The New York Times ^ | January 4, 2011 | Robert Pear

Posted on 01/05/2011 11:41:23 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

The Obama administration, reversing course, will revise a Medicare regulation to delete references to end-of-life planning as part of the annual physical examinations covered under the new health care law, administration officials said Tuesday.

The move is an abrupt shift, coming just days after the new policy took effect on Jan. 1.....

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: congress; deathpanels; freepressforpalin; medicare; obama; palin; presidentpalin; rationingmedicine; sarahpalin
Too bad we can't call for an early election, like some countries are able to do...
1 posted on 01/05/2011 11:41:35 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Where is pissy today ?


2 posted on 01/05/2011 11:43:08 AM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: UB355

Maybe the “Falcon Party” is having their Winter convention and he’s out renting a phone booth...


3 posted on 01/05/2011 11:44:18 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Please donate to FreeRepublic, sanity in a world gone mad!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought the health care bill said the health care bill could never be changed?

Or maybe you have to be a Democrat to change it? I’m missing something somewhere.


4 posted on 01/05/2011 11:54:57 AM PST by celano
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She is in effect running a shadow presidency.

She alone can alter the public discourse with a single facebook posting or tweeter.

At this point I doubt Huckaphony or Flip Floppney even run. They know.


5 posted on 01/05/2011 12:17:46 PM PST by t-dude (Sarah causes banal and vituperous evil snarks to shriek in horror!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They were found out on the death panel beginnings; but this is just a temporary setback for them. They managed to ram through Obamacare by totally ignoring the rank and file people of this country, because THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO. If or when they get that much power again, THEY WON’T HAVE TO CARE again.


6 posted on 01/05/2011 12:52:47 PM PST by Twinkie (Awake and strengthen that which remains . . . . . . . . Revelation 3)
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To: Twinkie

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts


7 posted on 01/05/2011 12:54:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Please donate to FreeRepublic, sanity in a world gone mad!)
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