Senate version of Obamacare won't not address end-of-life

[VassarLiberal]

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The Senate Finance Committee's version of Obamacare doesn't include the end-of-life planning portion: http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/senate-bill-will-not-address-end-of-life-care/

This is quite the bad development. End of life planning is very important to protecting patient rights and wishes, no?

(I can't believe the misspelling in the thread title. Sorry)

 

[TopSecret]

The Senate Finance Committee's version of Obamacare doesn't include the end-of-life planning portion: http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/senate-bill-will-not-address-end-of-life-care/

This is quite the bad development. End of life planning is very important to protecting patient rights and wishes, no?

(I can't believe the misspelling in the thread title. Sorry)

Palin has already jumped on this issue and says that government will be forming a "death panel" to decide who lives and who dies.

Should the young and the productive be given more health care resources or should we spend equal amounts on everyone?

 

[redsquareblack]

The Senate Finance Committee's version of Obamacare doesn't include the end-of-life planning portion: http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/senate-bill-will-not-address-end-of-life-care/

This is quite the bad development. End of life planning is very important to protecting patient rights and wishes, no?

(I can't believe the misspelling in the thread title. Sorry)

Yes, but because of some semi-literate ex-governor, that provision has been stripped out in order to calm the Joe-Sixpack crowd in a tizzy over "Death Panels".

 

[VassarLiberal]

Yes, but because of some functionally-illiterate ex-governor, that provision has been stripped out in order to calm the Joe-Sixpack crowd in a tizzy over "Death Panels".

Fixed for accuracy.

It's a sad day when we have to kow-tow (is that a racist term now? I dunno.) to bumbling idiots.

 

[TexasFight]

Fixed for accuracy.

It's a sad day when we have to kow-tow (is that a racist term now? I dunno.) to bumbling idiots.

I honestly thought that some type of system like a "death panel" was necessary to control costs. With medical advances today, you could spend millions trying to keep grandpa alive even if it is for just a few months. That doesn't mean you should, though.

 

[futile]

I honestly thought that some type of system like a "death panel" was necessary to control costs. With medical advances today, you could spend millions trying to keep grandpa alive even if it is for just a few months. That doesn't mean you should, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_health_care_directive

It's counseling to see if you want a "do not resuscitate" order/living will sort of a thing. When my grandmother was dying, she wanted a do not resuscitate because the pain, hardship, and cost that came with resuscitating her when she was that close to death was too much for everyone involved.

It's really not something that you tell people to do, but if everyone had easier access to the POSSIBILITY of making a living will it would make end-of-life care more affordable and more clear for doctors and nurses. I would take issue with the idea of any coercion, but I'm not seeing any evidence of that utilizing the current system.

Also, coma for 7 years when there is any vague possibility that I might be aware of what was going on, but unable to move? Absolutely terrifying to me.