Living Wills

How Sarah Palin's Irresponsible Rhetoric Prevented Medicare Savings

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Dan Morhaim, Charles Boustany, Cbo, Advance Directives, Obamacare, Earl Blumenauer, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Living Wills, Medicare, Congressional Budget Office, Politics News
Wendell Potter

The Affordable Care Act might have been able to curtail Medicare spending further if it hadn't been for Palin, who charged that a provision of the law allowing Medicare to pay for end-of-life discussions would lead to government-run "death panels."

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Death And Taxes: Why We Need To Talk Openly About End-of-Life Care

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Taxes, Terri Schiavo, National Health Care Decisions Day, Advance Directives, Death & Dying, Living Wills, End of Life, Compassion, Health Care Proxy, Home News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

The greatest gift you can give to your family, is letting them know what your wishes are regarding how you want your body treated as you near the end of your life. So, in addition to preparing your tax return, take the time to prepare your advance directive.

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Don't Let the Government Write Your Will

Ann Margaret Carrozza | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Assets, Wills, Living Wills, Writing Your Will, Writing a Will, Money News
Ann Margaret Carrozza

We may well disagree on exactly where to draw the line, but we can all probably agree that we don't want our state of residence preparing our last will and testament.

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It's Never Too Soon: Make Your Final Wishes Known

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Palliative Care, Hospice Care, Dr. Glenn Braunstein, Cedars Sinai, Terminal Illness, Health Care, Death, Caregivers, Living Wills, Advanced Directive, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

There is a spectrum in the process of dying. It ranges from unbearable suffering for patients and their families to a reasonable quality of life in which symptoms are controlled until the end. Either way, survivors are left to grieve.

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Too Big to Fail: Timing Is (Still) Everything

Kevin L. Petrasic | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Financial Regulation, Dodd-Frank, Too Big to Fail Banks, Too Big to Fail, Sifi, Regulation, Banks, Living Wills, Systemic Risk, Business News
Kevin L. Petrasic

In implementing regulatory reforms, whether to resolve "too big to fail," minimize systemic risk, or address the multitude of other issues raised in Dodd- Frank, balance and perspective are critical.

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John Paul II's Living Will

Jon M. Sweeney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Advance Health Care Directives, Living Wills, Roman Catholic Church, Terry Schiavo, Pope John Paul II, Venerable John Paul II, Catholic Church, Parkinson's Disease, Death and Dying, Sainthood, Beatification, Religion News
Jon M. Sweeney

Chances are good that we will soon be acknowledging JPII as "Saint," but none of this will make much difference in how Catholics live their lives everyday. There is a more important reason, I think, to remember JPII.

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9 Things Women Must Do Before Divorce

Jeffrey A. Landers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Divorce, Divorce Financial Checklist, Divorce Financial Strategist, Engagement Ring, Ex-Spouse, Freezing Joint Accounts, Estate, Financial Squeeze, Commingled Funds, Affluent Women, Divorce Settlement, Joint Funds, Spouse, Women, Medical Directives, Beneficiaries, Separate Property, Pre-Marital Funds, Marital Gifts, Financial Records, Spousal Abuse, Disinherit, Divorce Lawyer, Credit Reports, Divorce Proceedings, Elective Share, Credit Rating, Husband, Marital Home, Marital Funds, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Wills, Dissipating Assets, Marital Assets, Prepare for Divorce, Living Wills, Divorce Financial Analyst, Marital Property, Removing a Spouse, Dissipating Marital Assets, Divorce Professionals, Divorce Attorney, Women Facing Divorce, Divorcing Women, Slidepollajax, Divorce News
Jeffrey A. Landers

I talk with women facing divorce on a daily basis and the emotions they are dealing with are all over the board. But there is one common thread--they ...

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FDIC Chief: Too Big Banks Should Be 'Downzied'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fdic, The Financial Fix, Dodd-Frank, Financial Reform, Too Big to Fail, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Banks, Resolution Authority, Living Wills, Sheila Bair, Business News

WASHINGTON (By Dave Clarke) - America's big international banks should restructure their operations unless they can prove they can easily be broke...

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Yearning for Freedom and Control at Life's End

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Advance Care Planning, New York Times, Living Wills, Health Care Agent, Advance Directives, Jane Brody, Healthy Living News
Barbara Coombs Lee

A person's last days may still be off in the distant horizon, but the yearning for a death that honors the life and the determination to remain a free person is palpable when thoughts turn to life's end.

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Death Panels, Dignity, and You

Robert Klitzman, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Advanced Directives, Living Will, Sarah Palin Death Panels, Palliative Care, End of Life Care, Death Panels, Obama Death Panels, Health Care Reform Death Panels, Living Wills, Advanced Directive, End of Life Discussion, Religion News
Robert Klitzman, M.D.

We now need to revisit the issue of enhancing discussions of end-of-life care. Addressing these issues more fully can help us in many ways. But these are not easy issues.

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SIMON JOHNSON Gulf Oil Spill Shows Why Living Wills Fail In Finance

New York Times | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Crisis, Tbtf, Banks, Gulf Oil Spill, Too Big to Fail, Banking, Bank Living Will, Living Wills, Megabanks, Financial Crisis, Business News

A central idea in the financial regulations undergoing final negotiation in the United States -- and in similar initiatives in Europe -- is that large...

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It's National Healthcare Decisions Day - do you know if your decisions will be honored?

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Feeding Tube, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Living Wills, Advance Directives, Artificial Nutrition and Hydration, Catholic Health Association, Nhdd, Healthy Living News
Barbara Coombs Lee

Compassion & Choices, the nation's largest and oldest nonprofit organization working to improve care and expand choice at the end of life, today marke...

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Why They Call Alzheimer's 'The Long Goodbye'

Fawn Germer | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Living Will, Dying, Aging, Alzheimer's, Dying With Dignity, The Will to Live, Living Wills, Death With Dignity, The Long Goodbye, Dealing With Alzheimer's, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News
Fawn Germer

Alzheimer's Disease is a cruel insult to anyone who suffers its indignity. This is the last, lingering chapter in a story that began with my mom's paralyzing stroke 19 years ago.

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1 In 4 Elderly Need Care Decisions Made For Them

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Elderly, Cpr, Aging, Dementia, End of Life Care, Respecting Choices, Breathing Machines, Health Proxies, End of Life Decisions, Stroke, Health, Health Care Reform, Feeding Tubes, Health Decisions, Living Wills, Health Proxy, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News

NEW YORK — A significant number of the elderly – more than one in four – will eventually need someone to make end-of-life decisions ...

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5 Years After Terri Schiavo: What Have We Learned?

David Casarett, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hospice, Terri Schiavo, Living Wills, End of Life Care, Palliative Care, Death Panels, Assisted Suicide, Death & Dying, Health, Dealing With Grief, Health Care Reform, Death and Dying, Health Care, Healthy Living News
David Casarett, M.D.

More than ever, we need Congress to take end-of-life care seriously. We still need legislation that will encourage physicians to take the time to talk to patients about the choices that are available to them.

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Theodore Olbermann Dead: Keith Olbermann's Father Dies

Baseball Nerd | Keith Olbermann | Posted 05.25.2011

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My father died, in the city of his birth, New York, at 3:50 EST this afternoon. Though the financial constraints of his youth made college infeasible...

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Getting The Right Medicine

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Medical Ethics, Patient Advocacy, Physician-Doctor Relationship, Medical Decisions, Primary Care, Health, Communication in Medicine, End-of-Life Care, Informed Patient, Health Care Reform, Living Wills, Medicare, Health Care Costs, Intensive Care, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Dr. Elaine Schattner

What's missing is a solid discussion of the type and extent of treatments people would want if they were sufficiently informed of their medical options and circumstances.

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Technology Rx for Health Care Reform

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ipod, Consumer-Electronics-Association, President Obama, Motorola, Intel, Gary Shapiro, Congress, Innovation, Best Buy, Competition, Apple, Living Wills, Hdtv, Texas Instruments, Free Market, Cea, Gdp, Technology, Health Care, Hp, Healthcare, Business News
Gary Shapiro

The consumer electronics industry is defined by rapid innovation and falling prices. Advocates on every side should consider these market-based lessons, as they are relevant to the current health care debate.

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Anticipating the Incapacitated Justice

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Ethics, Supreme Court, Law, US Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, Senior Citizens, Living Wills, Constitution, Bioethics, Death, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

While it is a disturbing truth that our nation will someday likely confront the tragedy of an incapacitated Supreme Court justice, it is not at all clear which justice that will be.

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Living Wills: Preparing For End of Life

wsj.com | MELINDA BECK | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wills, Living Wills, Will, End of Life, Living Will, Dealth, Healthy Living News

Forget about the health-reform debate for the moment. Should you have a living will specifying the kind of care you'd want at the end of life if you c...

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"Death Panel" Scare Tactic May Backfire on Republicans

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, President Obama, Tom Delay, Death Panels, Breaking News, Health Care Reform, End-of-Life Care, Hospice Care, Living Wills, Terry Schiavo, Health Insurance Reform, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Robert Creamer

"Death panels" are made up out of whole cloth by people who specialize in generating fear to protect wealthy special interests -- in this case the health insurance industry.

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Chris Matthews "Birthers Out" with his "Deather" Stance on Living Wills

John Amato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terri Schiavo, End of Life Consultation, Chris Matthews, Birthers, Living Wills, Crooks and Liars, Rachel Maddow, Glenn Beck, Politics News
John Amato

Matthews goes so far as to conflate end-of-life counseling with the government paying for abortions, and then calls them both "social policy".

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