Re:Things I've noticed while visiting the ICU
by MBCook on Friday November 18, 2022 @04:11PM
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> I don't think its politically toxic
Ever hear of the Obamacare death panels? The ones where doctors would decide if your loved one was too old and shouldn’t get treatment?
Yeah. That’s this.
What it really was that Medicare would pay for consultation with doctors (?) to discuss end of life care and setup living wills and DNRs and such if the person wanted.
That way if something happened and they were taken to the hospital they could be treated the way they wanted to be and not stuck in a coma on a vent for the rest of their life if that was against their wishes.
But the Republicans branded then “death panels” (which for political purposes was brilliant). So the choice of having help making those decisions was removed.
Ever hear of the Obamacare death panels? The ones where doctors would decide if your loved one was too old and shouldn’t get treatment?
Yeah. That’s this.
What it really was that Medicare would pay for consultation with doctors (?) to discuss end of life care and setup living wills and DNRs and such if the person wanted.
That way if something happened and they were taken to the hospital they could be treated the way they wanted to be and not stuck in a coma on a vent for the rest of their life if that was against their wishes.
But the Republicans branded then “death panels” (which for political purposes was brilliant). So the choice of having help making those decisions was removed.