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To: okie01

Basically, each senior has to have an end-of=life discussion with a doctor or nurse practitioner every five years or when certain trigger events (terminal illness, admittance to a skilled nursing ward, etc.) occur. It mandates what issues are to be discussed and what form an advance directive has to take.

(I’m not sure yet if it’s every senior or just the ones on the governmant plan, which would be almost all of them anyway.)


134 posted on 07/17/2009 7:19:46 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (We're definitely in the Rise of the Empire era, but is Obama Valorum or Palpatine?)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Thanks for the summary.

It sounds more benign than it's being portrayed. But it still is none of the government's business to impose such counseling. Even if the federal government is the insurer-of-record -- certainly no insurers have that power now.

Not to mention that, eventually, some liberal judge will re-interpret the legislation as mandating a house call by Dr. Kevorkian (or some other "assisted suicide provider").

This legislation really is a steaming pile of horsexxxx. And I'm sure we haven't heard the worst of it...yet.

138 posted on 07/17/2009 7:27:40 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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