This is the part that I have been highlighting over and over on LGF…

We also have to tell the defenders of the notorious Section 1233 of H.R. 3200 that it is not quite as benign as they pretend. To offer government reimbursement to any doctor who gives end-of-life counseling — whether or not the patient asked for it — is to create an incentive for such a chat.

I have no problem with end-of-life counseling, but if you read this whole section carefully, it can be ORDERED by the doctor.

We can extrapolate from that the fact that when a doctor orders some medical procedure and you fail to follow through, then it can effect other coverage.

Read the whole section. No, it’s nothing about death panels, no, it’s not new, no it’s not scary, but, the way they are tweaking it and amending it to current Medicare coverage is bothersome to me.