Yes, the proposed health care reform bill is 2,000 pages long. Yes, Nancy Pelosi expects Congress to vote on this bill this weekend.
If you’ve been wondering what’s in it for you, this article in the Wall Street Journal turns the bill into language mere mortals can understand.
Of special interest is the language regarding Medicare…and the lack of any language regarding who pays for long term care.
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.
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