Government Rescinds Medicare Coverage of End-Of-Life Planning

Apparently the suspicion surrounding end-of-life planning is not as far in the past as we might have hoped.  The recent Medicare regulation which would have allowed the government to pay doctors who advise patients on options for end-of-life care was rescinded only days after it was enacted. Why such an abrupt turnaround?  The reason is… Read More »

Taking Time for End-Of-Life Planning

Advance Health Care Directives (legal documents which include a nomination of your health care agent, and your preferences for end-of-life care) saw a lot of press in 2009 when the Obama administration sought to include end-of-life planning in the new healthcare overhaul.  The option was dropped after a media firestorm about “death panels,” but according… Read More »