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488. Does Death Have to Be a Death Sentence?

Freakonomics Radio

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The Death Panel Charade

Health insurance companies shy away from actively pushing this for fear they'll be accused of trying to sacrifice minutes of life for dollars. The second you put the words death panel around a piece of legislation, it was more than dead and killed. There's policy issues infor structure issues, medical education and training issues. And then the fourth pillar of the problem might be social awareness and willingness.

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