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The proposed health care bill pages 425-430.
From the current proposed health care bill floating around congress.
One troubling provision of the House bill compels seniors to submit to a counseling session every five years (and more often if they become sick or go into a nursing home) about alternatives for end-of-life care (House bill, p. 425-430). The sessions cover highly sensitive matters such as whether to receive antibiotics and "the use of artificially administered nutrition and hydration."
See the whole article: http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/...ses_179667.htm.
I recall somewhere hearing that the Dems were interested in a cradle to grave social safety net. Why is the government interested in couseling the whole senior population about how and when to die?
Make calls to your senators, congressman/congresswoman, and the president. Send emails, faxes, whatever.
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Last edited by Dreammaker; 07-17-2009 at 12:14 PM.
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