Re: Put another way
The original NYT article is here.
Advanced care planning is a routine, easy thing to do. It was part of our estate planning, and involves reading some literature and signing a few forms. I don't know why the Democrats seem so insistent on shoving it into the Medicare system as though it was some costly procedure.
It would be interesting to gauge the response of the average liberal if a private health insurance company tried to push such counseling into its policy requirements in order to save money.
It's also interesting that the Democrats still view the last election as some ghastly random natural disaster like an earthquake, completely unrelated to any of their policies, ideas, or positions.