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This work being done by CMD and by broadcast people like Rachel Maddow is so important. The uniformed are being led by people who do not care what the facts are, just who is paying for their propaganda services. They are perfectly happy to stir up this volatile mix of emotions in frightened people to distract them from the truth that it has been insurance companies who have for many years been running "death panels" - actuarial review panels and issuing policies to decide what treatment people should get on the basis of what is most cost effective -- for the insurance company. Why this does not outrage people given that the boards and decision-makers of insurance companies were not elected by the people that they serve and are not accountable to them. So arguably the insurance company's "death panels" are far more troubling than any proposal currently on the table. The bottom line is this: IF you WANT to have a session with your doctor for end-of-life counseling you will be reimbursed for the visit. No panel. Just you and your doctor and your family. And you get reimbursed for it. What is the problem with that? It is distressing that such an obvious misrepresentation has gained so much credibility.