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Latest News

2009

August 31: WVLT-TV: YLYC has East Tennessee vets “concerned” (see TV story)

August 26: Christian Medical Association: VA manual raises “with vulnerable patients the possibility that physical impairments might make their lives, in the words of the manual, ‘not worth living’”

August 26: American Legion: YLYC “needs to be reconsidered… At best, it is an awkward attempt to help.”

August 26: Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation: YLYC is “a disservice to military personnel as well as disabled, ill and elderly persons.”

August 26: Washington Times editorial: Bureaucrats investigate what life is ‘not worth living’

August 25: Washington Post: Specter Prods VA on End-of-Life Advice

August 25: Washington Post: Eye Opener: A VA Scandal Score Card

August 24: Rep. Steve Buyer requests YLYC hearing in the House Committee on Veterans Affairs

August 24: CNN Situation Room: Are ailing veterans being encouraged to plan for their future medical needs or encouraged to end their lives?

August 24: National Public Radio: Living-Will Guide for Vets Stirs Health Overhaul Fears

August 24: Sen. Arlen Specter’s letter to Sen. Daniel Akaka, Chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, requesting hearings

August 24: Aging with Dignity applauds Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) and his call for hearings in the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee regarding “Your Life, Your Choices.”

August 24: New York Times: “Senator Arlen Specter, Democrat of Pennsylvania, called for hearings to investigate a guide used by the government to counsel veterans with critical or terminal illnesses.”

August 23: National Review Online, Jonah Goldberg: “The death book is doomed.”

August 23: VA Watchdog: “The controversy surrounding the VA's end-of-life guide, "Your Life, Your Choices," just won't go away.”

August 23: Politico: “Towey: Medical guide for vets ‘fundamentally flawed’”

August 23: Fox News: Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) calls for hearings on end-of-life guide for veterans

August 23: CQ: Fox News Sunday leads with health care issues (transcript)

August 23: Fox News Sunday: Jim Towey, VA Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth, and Sen. Arlen Specter discuss “Your Life, Your Choices.”

August 21: National Review Online: VA Bureaucrats in Retreat?

August 20: VA Watchdog: VA’s end-of-life guide book draws fire.


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