On Aug 17, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Charles Bennett wrote: > > On Aug 17, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Chris Gehlker wrote: > >> >> On Aug 17, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Charles Bennett wrote: >> >>> Since they dropped the provision for funding end of life counseling >>> for the elderly. >>> >>> Does that me that they will no longer counsel "shovel ready >>> seniors"? >> >> LOL >> >> Seriously, isn't this kind of counseling the kind of thing that >> physicians should provide as part of any office visit or other >> treatment? I'm not sure we should be paying for it separately. >> > > > They don't mind at all. Mine asked me about medical power of > attorney, and advanced directives etc, just because he wanted to know > my wishes should something bad happen. > That led to a pretty good discussion of my desires in the matter. > > Perhaps that's just a side effect of living in a small town, but it > makes sense that doctors should want to know and should tell you what > you need to know to make rational decisions. > > No need to be macabre about it but bad shit happens everyday to > someone. Tomorrow could be my day and I don't want people guessing > what I would have wanted.
I thought my MOL received such counseling so I looked it up and it was included in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. I'm not sure what's being debated but it seems to include only people who are too young for medicare, such as aids and cancer sufferers. -- And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900) _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
