IT DOESN'T EVEN GET A DEATH WITH DIGNITY?:

Finance Committee to drop end-of-life provision (Michael O'Brien, 08/13/09, The Hill)

The Senate Finance Committee will drop a controversial provision on consultations for end-of-life care from its proposed healthcare bill, its top Republican member said Thursday.

The committee, which has worked on putting together a bipartisan healthcare reform bill, will drop the controversial provision after it was derided by conservatives as "death panels" to encourage euthanasia.