The purpose of this propaganda is to excuse a plan to encourage nursing homes to allow patients to die rather than rehospitalize them.

In his fiscal year 2010 budget, President Obama has suggested "bundling" of hospital reimbursements as a way to bring down the cost of healthcare. Obama proposes combining payments for certain inpatient and post-acute care services given for 30 days after hospitalization, and decreasing those reimbursements in the event of rehospitalization.

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A large part of health care cost occurs in the last three months or so of a person's life when the "end" starts approaching. The problem with the plan is, that last 3 months is not always the last three months and if rehospitalized, a patient may have a full recovery and have several years of quality life outside of a nursing home or rehab center.

If the point of the Obama plan was to increase quality life span, the plan would include a penalty to hospitals who releases a patient too soon rather than a penalty to nursing homes and rehab centers if the patient has to be rehospitalized.

The plan to discourage rehab enters and nursing homes from using hospital emergency room services is basically a plan to reduce health care and social security cost by killing off "old" people.