“But I do NOT agree with you that doctors should have access to a government code that gives them government money for the discussion they have with you concerning the end of one’s life.”
Then pay for the doctor’s time out of your own pocket. I hate medicare because it under pays for what docs do and it limits what patients can have in the way of treatment.
“That is government-sponsored killing.” Not even close.....Don’t be ridiculously over dramatic. Government sponsored killing looks like gas vans and concentration camps and starving populations. Talking with someone about the end of life (which comes to us all) and giving information hardly constitutes KILLING.
Now the panels that decide what care you may and may not have.....that is government sponsored killing
We are talking circles around each other, Nifster, though I believe we are in complete agreement. You just don’t see the big picture that docs who have access to a code for talking about end of life rather than discussing expensive treatments that might save your life but cost the government (Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, no difference) will have “guidelines” they must follow to deny you the expensive care but have the “talk.”