Comprehensive End-of-Life Care Legislation Introduced in Senate

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.V.), along with cosponsors Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), recently introduced a bill, the “Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2009” (S. 1150), to improve end-of-life care. The legislation incorporates recommendations from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) March 2009…