Gently into That Good Night

"If President Obama wants to better understand why America's discomfort with end-of-life discussions threatens to derail his health-care reform, he might begin with his own Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He will quickly discover how government bureaucrats are greasing the slippery slope that can start with cost containment but quickly become a systematic denial of care" (Jim Towey, "The Death Book for Veterans," in the WSJ). This is a disturbing piece on a part of health care that government already runs: veterans services.