How To Get Paid for Planning Your Death

http://time.com/91051/how-to-get-paid-for-planning-your-death/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fpolitics+%28TIME%3A+Top+Politics+Stories%29

From the article:

Republican Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is hoping to change. His strategy? Pay people $75 to write one.

He recently introduced the Medicare Choices Empowerment and Protection Act, which would give seniors cash for putting in writing what they want to happen if they can’t speak for themselves in a medical situation. The bill is co-sponsored by Democratic Senator Chris Coons of Delaware and the Act would allow people on Medicare to get a payment of $75 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for completing an online directive, and $50 for manually creating one, Reuters reports. Dying is expensive, and planning ahead may be one way to cut costs since end of life spending is in the billions of dollars in the United States. According to The Medicare NewsGroup, in 2011, Medicare spending reached about $554 billion, and of that $554 billion, Medicare spent about $170 billion on patients’ last six months of life.

First it was “you can keep your insurance.. if you are happy with your insurance “… which has proven to be mostly wrong

Then it was you can keep your doctor.. if you are happy with your doctor “.. but many doctors are not participating in Obamacare or not in your network

Then it families will save $2500/yr on health insurance.. which has not been quite accurate.. Unless the family is now on Medicaid..

“Death Panel” were categorically denied when Obamacare was being initially discussed.

And the total number of  uninsured people.. has not changed all that much..

We have had advanced health care directives for over 10 yrs… but.. I am not sharing it with the government.. until there is a need – in my opinion – to use it.

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