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Policymakers should broaden the tax base by limiting tax preferences that do not efficiently achieve important policy goals. 

To ensure that people are afforded every opportunity to make informed decisions about end-of-life care and to understand the range of medical and palliative options, the kn

Federal and state policymakers should support: 

Policymakers should support programs to help patients plan their advance care and create clear, comprehensive advance health care directives to be shared with providers and loved ones. 

Policymakers should support research to gather information that would further improve the quality of end-of-life care. Such research should focus on: 

Health insurance plans should provide adequate coverage for hospice care. 

The federal government should play a strong role in protecting patient rights to direct their care and make other decisions.

The federal government and states should encourage advance care planning. They should establish and support decision-making protocols such as Provider Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment.