Oh come ON
Running scared already? Is it really that hard to get out the message that if Medicare reimburses doctors for the time spent with patients who want to discuss end of life planning, those patients are more likely to have their wishes followed?
U.S. Alters Rule on Paying for End-of-Life Planning
:headdesk:
(And yes, it's apparently that hard, or more that if the other side is willing to flat out lie and repeat the lie it's hard to counter -- Dad found a poll a couple months back that 70% of seniors still thought there were actual 'death panels' in the Affordable Care Act.)
Here, some letters to the editor re December 26th's article mentioning the reimbursement being added.
Oh, and speaking of hard choices around death and dying, did I ever link to When Amputation Is Urged, an Agonizing Choice - Cases?Semirelated, in that I used NYTimes' death and dying collection to look for the earlier links: Did you know that the LA coroner has a gift shop?
U.S. Alters Rule on Paying for End-of-Life Planning
:headdesk:
(And yes, it's apparently that hard, or more that if the other side is willing to flat out lie and repeat the lie it's hard to counter -- Dad found a poll a couple months back that 70% of seniors still thought there were actual 'death panels' in the Affordable Care Act.)
Here, some letters to the editor re December 26th's article mentioning the reimbursement being added.
Oh, and speaking of hard choices around death and dying, did I ever link to When Amputation Is Urged, an Agonizing Choice - Cases?Semirelated, in that I used NYTimes' death and dying collection to look for the earlier links: Did you know that the LA coroner has a gift shop?