ChangingAging.org

My take on where health care reform is headed seems an awful lot like a skit from an old Monty Python LP, that starts like this:

(Ominous music)
Voice Over: (Michael Palin) June the 4th, 1973, was much like any other summer’s day in Peterborough, and Ralph Melish, a file clerk at an insurance company, was on his [...]

On Monday, NPR broadcast the results of a poll
that shows that nearly 3/4 of physicians surveyed favor some
sort of public option for health care insurance, either alone
(10%) or in combination with private options (63%).
Widespread support was also found among AMA members, even though
the organization has an official stand against a public option.
Polls of the [...]

Wow. We’ve gotten a lot of email responding to Dr. Bill’s video post debunking internet conspiracies about euthanizing older adults. It’s been overwhelming positive and constructive feedback. But I’m amused to find that a few folks out there truly seem immune to reason. One anonymous emailer went so far as to accuse Bill of lying [...]

Look folks, this is an easy rumor to dispel. No one in Congress is promoting legislation that would allow or lead to government euthanization of older adults. It’s a gross distortion of a completely sensible provision to provide Medicare coverage for patients to sit down with their doctors (not government agents!) and discuss what kind [...]