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I have heard a lot of discussion about the "death panel". Just by way of clarification, this death panel does not exist in the House version of the healthcare proposal. It was in the Senate version, which I have not read, only read about. Supposedly, it has been removed from the Senate version due to its controversial nature. The House version does provide for end of life counseling, which already happens with any decent doctor anyway. I'm not sure why it's even written in to this legislation, other than they're trying to encourage people to do it (which is a good idea). But we really don't need to fund a government program to do it, we should do it as responsible individuals by talking to our doctors.

Also, the House healthcare bill, no. 3200 was written way back in November 2008. I would really like to know who wrote this bill. Supposedly, Washington has been negotiating with the interested parties (insurance companies, doctors, hospitals, etc.), but I wonder how much they have actually listened. The bill had to have been written well before Obama was even elected but wasn't made available to the public until July 15, 2009. I'm really, really curious to know who authored the bill. That would be very enlightening.

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  1. Chris and SuzetteAugust 18, 2009 at 11:25 PM

    I wondered how such a long and detailed bill could come up so quickly. Does this mean that Obama and his groupies drafted it just at the time of his election or before? I know I sound ignorant. I really am when it comes to these things :(

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  2. Lori B.August 19, 2009 at 9:04 AM

    It had to have been written or started well before the election. They were just waiting to pounce.

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