GovTrack: House Record: ADVANCE CARE PLANNING (111-h20090727-5)

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Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR3]: H.R. 3200, health care reform, does have a simple solution to empower people and their families. Yet, this carefully crafted provision has been attacked by some opponents of reform, for example, Betsy McCaughey in The Wall Street Journal claiming wildly that somehow this would be mandatory, that it would be done by a government assigned physician, with the threat of coercing senior citizens. A simple reading of the provision shows that that's simply not the case. Like all other Medicare provisions, it would be voluntary. It would by the physician of one's choice. There's nothing mandatory about it. Read More