August 1, 2009

Gifts and stiffs

GOP's "Kill Granny" campaign alarms seniors:
The controversy stems from a proposal to pay physicians who counsel elderly or terminally ill patients about what medical interventions they would prefer near the end of life and how to prepare instructions such as living wills.
Shouldn't it alarm estate planners? I thought that was their job.

1 comment:

capper said...

And what of hospices?