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Senators exclude end-of-life provision from bill

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Posted by Beavis 2009-08-14 09:05|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 And I suppose there would be no objection to including a provision guaranteeing that EoL coverage will not be held back?

Posted by gorb 2009-08-14 10:24|| 2009-08-14 10:24|| Front Page Top

#2 For now...

As soon as they have control it will be back.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2009-08-14 11:17|| 2009-08-14 11:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Now all we have to do is to delete the other sections of the legislation, and we have a bill.

Posted by Alaska Paul back home 2009-08-14 11:35|| 2009-08-14 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 AP, even if they deleted all the bill's provisions, it would somehow still cost us more money.

They can't quite figure how not to do that.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2009-08-14 12:12|| 2009-08-14 12:12|| Front Page Top

#5 What is teh Senate Bill number? The House bill is HR 3200 and has been read extensively. I've not yet seen the Senate Bill, though.

Posted by eLarson 2009-08-14 13:00|| 2009-08-14 13:00|| Front Page Top

#6 The Senate Bill is still being written by a "Gang of Six" -- 3 Dems and 3 RINO's -- Grassley is one of the six

Posted by Sherry">Sherry 2009-08-14 13:16|| 2009-08-14 13:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Sarah's aim is still good. She doesn't have the fire power to kill this beast but she can wound it.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-08-14 15:52|| 2009-08-14 15:52|| Front Page Top

#8 Just to remind all that Indian Health Service facilities have their own ad-hoc end of life provisions: One of the main problems is that many clinics must "buy" health care from larger medical facilities outside the health service because the clinics are not equipped to handle more serious medical conditions. The money that Congress provides for those contract health care services is rarely sufficient, forcing many clinics to make "life or limb" decisions that leave lower-priority patients out in the cold.

"The picture is much bigger than what the Indian Health Service can do," says Doni Wilder, an official at the agency's headquarters in Rockville, Md., and the former director of the agency's Northwestern region.
Rather than deal with this long-standing issue our esteemed representatives are off tilting at windmills.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-08-14 19:50|| 2009-08-14 19:50|| Front Page Top

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