End of Life counseling just won’t die. In the proposed health care legislation today, the bill would allow doctors to bill Medicare for spending time with their patients discussing end of life choices.
The full text of the proposed health care reform bill can be found here…http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/house_bill_102909.pdf?sid=ST2009102902154
The exact words defining end of life planning can be found starting on page 129 in a section titled “Dissemination of Advance Planning Information.
Find out more about health care directives at http://diesmart.com/elder-law/
