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Medicare Has Revived Idea Of Paying Doctors For End Of Life Care Plans
(By - Pat Loeb)
Medicare has proposed paying doctors to provide end-of-life counseling, the same kind of service that opponents of the Affordable Care Act called “death panels.” A tea party uproar forced the payments out of the Affordable Care Act, but Medicare is proposing them again at the request of the American Medical Association. Read more…
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