[tacticalogic]

Obamacare allows ‘death panels’ with nice names for local beaurocrats, who take over from your STATE agency (DSS) who controls the person, if even one complaint is filed against a caretaker, DPOA, or child... They appoint a Guardian of the Estate, and then they can fleece the person. Once the money is gone and no money left for nursing home, then that person is transferred from ‘DSS guardianship of the person” to” ‘local group (name?) guardian of the person’ by a court hearing. Then decisions for their care is made by that panel. They counsel them in ‘end of life’ decisions.

That's all true. It's also true that between the screwed up coverage and the screwed up reimbursements, both doctors and patients could easily find some common ground in their private conversations.

[Kackikat]

A lot of the elderly no longer actually see a doctor but once a year, their care is transferred to Physician Assistants or Nurse Practitioners....who have scams with local attorneys to find dementia patients, who have money and can be fleeced....one county I know has a whole group doing the lifting of family inheritances via their system. I was amazed at the amount of money they could get from anyone who has a sizable bank account.