Reply #2: Let me set you straight, once and for all. [View All]

[RoccoR5955]

Medicare is a program that provides care for senior citizens over age 65.

Death panels are a myth that was concocted by the Healthcare Lobby. They do not exist. They are referring to an amendment that was added to the bill, posed by a REPUBLICAN congressman, to have Medicare pay for a consultation regarding end of life decisions. These decisions include, not exclusively, removing someone from life support, stopping medication (except for pain meds), keeping someone on life support, keeping up all medication, and other types of things that people reaching the end of their lives should make decisions about. The proposal was to pay for such a consultation with a physician. Currently, it is not.