We have to make sure that everyone understands their options.
Americans are the only people on earth who believe that death is negotiable.
I do not know that we should be encouraging college students to fill out advance directives and POLST orders.
We should be respecting individuals' wishes.
patients and their families should be able to trust that the care that they receive in their final days is not only of h...
But, in fact, they also, as your Five Wishes document shows, can be used to direct the kind of care that they do want to...
Thanks to the Retirement Research Foundation, Maine's coalition received a three-year grant to develop their POLST Progr...
About one-quarter of Medicare funds are spent on care at the end of life that is geared toward expensive high-tech inter...
These issues also have long been of personal interest to me.
But that is pretty unlikely----
I think it is really sad when this important discussion degenerates into slogans and demagoguery, such as death panels.
In this time of severe budgetary challenges, we are going to need to find political consensus on how to sustainably fund...
I want to join you in welcoming our witnesses. And I very much appreciate your scheduling this hearing so that we can di...
It's clear that additional investments are necessary.
I believe that we authorized $750 million for this year and $1 billion for next year, and that it's estimated that $1 bi...
I so share the administration's belief that investment in transportation is critical to the health of our economy and to...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the Highway Trust Fund will become insolvent in fiscal year 2015.
The terrifying bridge collapse that occurred in Senator Murray's State just 3 weeks ago once again highlights the import...
