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Healthcare legislation myths: Timothy Jost
 
11:25
Fred Barbash-Moderator -  Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, J.D., holds the Robert L. Willett Family Professorship of Law at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. He is a coauthor of a casebook, Health Law, used widely throughout the United States in teaching health law and now in its sixth edition. He is also the author of Health Care at Risk, A Critique of the Consumer-Driven Movement, Health Care Coverage Determinations: An International Comparative Study, Readings in Comparative Health Law and Bioethics, and numerous articles and book chapters on health care regulation and comparative health law and policy. He has written or is writing monographs on legal issues in health care reform for a number of other organizations including the National Academy of Public Administration and National Academy of Social Insurance, the Fresh Thinking Project, the Urban Institute and New America Foundation, and Academy Health.

Professor Jost will be with us at noon for about 30 minutes to answer your questions about pending healthcare legislation.
11:25
Fred Barbash-Moderator -  You are invited to submit questions in advance now--and this session is for questions rather than comments. Please give a name rather than a handle or "guest."
12:03
Fred Barbash-Moderator -  Welcome readers. Thanks for being here. Welcome Tim Jost. Professor Jost is one of a handful of Americans who has been reading and keeping track of the healthcare legislation in detail. His deep knowledge of existing healthcare law also gives him a unique perspective that most of don't have. That's why I've invited him to be our guest today...in an effort to try to bring some clarity. Welcome Tim. Let's get started
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[Comment From Will]
Professor Jost. What are the actual facts about the "end of life" provision of the House legislation?
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Tim Jost -  Section 1233 of the house bill has bizarrely become one of the most contentious provisions of the legislation. It permits doctors to be paid for talking to their patients about end of life issues. Since 1990, Medicare has required various providers to discuss these issues with their patients. It has enjoyed bipartisan support ....
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