Op-Ed: House Health-Care Reform Bill Oversteps on End-of-Life Issues

August 10, 2009

About a third of Americans have living wills or advance-care directives expressing their wishes for end-of-life treatment. When seniors who don’t have them arrive in a hospital terminally ill and incapacitated, families and medical workers wrestle with uncertainty — while life-prolonging machinery runs, often at Medicare’s expense. This has consequences for families and for the federal budget. (Washington Post)