Starting Jan. 1, new regulations will add end-of-life planning to Medicare coverage, the policy that started a firestorm over so-called death panels. The government will pay doctors to advise patients on their options for end-of-life care. Supporters for the regulation have stayed mum, fearful of provoking a reaction from the Republicans similar to the fury from the summer of 2009. Opponents have said that such a policy could encourage doctors to advise patients to end their lives prematurely.
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