JustWait wrote:
In article ,
says...
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:38:38 -0400, JustWait wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:20:51 -0400, JustWait wrote:


So my point is, I am living this right now and I don't want
government pencil pushers involved, not even a little bit...
The end of life counseling, as written, would be *completely*
voluntary. I'm sympathetic to your situation, and you have my
condolences. It has to be a difficult time.
Please tell me how the word "shall" makes it voluntary??
Shall refers to what the counseling consists of. If you read the first
paragraphs, you will see that Sec. 1233 amends current law. To
understand Sec. 1233, it has to be placed in context.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/...40SZ9:e513253:

Moreover, this is still America. We do not do eugenics. Democrats and
Republicans should be agreed on that.

It's not eugenics I am worried about. It is more on the financial end
for the family. Seems all medicare wants to do with dad is take his home
and send him off to die... We and his doctor see a year or two of
quality life at home as long as he doesn't get into too much pain. You
know damn well any government representative involved is going to be
bound by regulation as to what they can and can't suggest, and of course
all of that will be based on the bottom line..



The fool known here as JustWait thinks private health insurance
companies are driven by something other than the bottom line.