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Policymakers should encourage and promote maximum participation in the electoral process.

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, th

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 w

Policymakers should support research that aims at providing information that would further improve the quality of end-of-life care.

Health insurance plans should provide adequate coverage for hospice care.

Legislation should authorize nonjudicial surrogate decisionmaking in the event that an incapacitated patient has not executed an advance d

Policymakers should ensure that the FDA’s process for approval and oversight of medical devices to protect public health and safety is thorough, efficient,

Policymakers should increase transparency and competition in the market for medical devices.