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| Death panels resurrected by Obama Administration |
| 2010-12-27 |
| Death panels, one of the most controversial aspects of the bill known as 'Obamacare' will go into effect January 1st, despite having been removed during Congressional debate earlier this year. Sarah Palin first coined the term 'death panels' in discussing one of the most controversial aspects of the proposed 'Obama care' legislation back in August 2009. The basic concept of the so-called 'death panel' in the original legislation came from the following reasoning: the bill included funding through Medicare for doctors consulting with patients on options for end-of-life care long before they were ever sick. Similar to a living will, this results in an 'advanced directive' in the event that they become too incapacitated to make their own medical decisions. Since 'Obamacare' introduced unprecedented federal oversight of the health-care industry, including amassing data on the cost-effectiveness of medical treatments, opponents of the legislation feared that doctors would have a financial incentive to reduce cost and thereby discourage patients accessing care. More |
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