THIS is why the insurance companies, Big-R_x & Hospitals-for-profit Co ,Inc are fearful, and why they are pulling out all the stops.

and about the Death Panels...

Don't forget that Nursing Homes, "Convalescent" Centers, and rehab places that specialize in aged-care are BIG BUCKS enterprises, paid for in TWO main ways..

.....1......medicaid (after personal "wealth" has been sucked dry)

.....2......wealthy , guilt-ridden folks who had no time for Mom when she was healthy, and now pay through the nose to show their friends what a good son/daughter they are

the facilities that are primarily medicaid-supported are notorious for fraudulent billing, and for horrible care..

Legislation that gives elderly patients more incentive to take control over their passing, could mean that millions of them will not choose to be artificially kept alive, only to be relegated to the bowels of some sub-standard nursing home, to spend years dying, mostly of neglect.