A little talked about proposal greatly concerns U.S. seniors; the end-of-life treatment provisions in the Patient Self-Determination Act.<\/p>\n
When the Patient Self-Determination Act was passed, keeping down the costs at the end of a person\u2019s life was a Medicare<\/a> and government issue. This is directly due to the fact that the largest part of a person\u2019s medical expenses tends to come at the end of life. This act mandates that health care providers, nursing homes and hospitals tell patients about health care powers of attorney and make them aware of living wills. A little talked about proposal greatly concerns U.S. seniors; the end-of-life treatment provisions in the Patient Self-Determination Act. When the Patient Self-Determination Act was passed, keeping down the costs at the end of a person\u2019s life was a Medicare and…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nOne of the latest proposals, in keeping with the drive to change the health care system, is a proposal that doctors must talk to patients about end-of-life issues and to outline handling advanced health care directives and hospice care offered under the auspices of Medicare<\/a>. This is startling because it means physicians will be cast in the roll of pseudo-lawyers discussing (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"