The State of [[Massachusetts]] has had a similiar program in place for several years.<ref>http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00421</ref>
==Treatment of Elders==
Some critics, including former Vice-Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, have accused Obama of planning on setting up "Death Panels" to judge the worthyness and "cost effectiveness" of keeping certain people, such as senior citizens, alive.<ref>http://www.theonion.com/content/news/obama_health_care_plan_would_give?utm_source=a-section</ref>
===Mandatory coverage===
Congressman [[John Fleming]] has offered a legislative amendment that would require United States congressmen and senators to take the same health care plan they try to force on others (under proposed legislation they are curiously exempt). Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go to his website and sign his petition.<ref>http://fleming.house.gov/index.html</ref>
===Treatment of Elders===
Some critics, including former Vice-Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, have accused Obama of planning on setting up "Death Panels" to judge the worthyness and "cost effectiveness" of keeping certain people, such as senior citizens, alive.<ref>http://www.theonion.com/content/news/obama_health_care_plan_would_give?utm_source=a-section</ref>
== Also See ==