Americans who wonder how their medical care will evolve once the Affordable Healthcare Act is fully implemented should turn their attention to the UK. After a sustained campaign by the UK's Daily Mail, the so-called Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) that provided end-of-life care to thousands of patients in Britain's government-run National Health Service (NHS) will be phased out over the next six to 12 months. This is due to the reality that an independent review board found "shocking examples of abuse" regarding the treatment of the system's most vulnerable patients.
