Sentence examples for voluntary discussions from inspiring English sources

Yes, it was Mr. Blumenauer who, as part of the effort to overhaul health care, introduced into the legislation an unremarkable provision requiring Medicare to cover voluntary discussions with a physician about advance directives and treatment preferences at the end of life.

So let's give Mr. Blumenauer credit, secondarily, for nerve: He and several co-sponsors, again from both parties, have introduced the Personalize Your Care Act of 2013, which once more would provide for Medicare and Medicaid coverage of voluntary discussions of advance care planning.

When an Upper West Sider named Mary Barknecht posted a few lines on a Web site called the Simple Living Network (www.slnet.com) in August 1999 in hopes of starting a voluntary simplicity discussion group, the response was overwhelming.

And while protecting the right to publish a celebrity sex tape may not be as significant as protecting the right to burn the American flag (in the example offered by Gawker's lawyer), Hogan's own voluntary public discussion of his sex life appears to be an acknowledgment that it was at least of some interest to the public, in both Hogan's estimation and that of news outlets that interviewed him.

The principal investigator approached all identified participants outlining the study and requesting voluntary interview/focus-group discussion participation.

Nokia says it has already initiated consultations with employee reps about its plans, including discussions about voluntary severance packages.

In a statement to VICE, CSIS said it emphasizes that discussions are voluntary and ensures their approach is "lawful, ethical, necessary, and proportionate".

On Tuesday evening, I will join PSI and the London School of Economics for a public discussion on voluntary family planning.

Under the current policy, that discussion is voluntary, leading critics to say that regulators may not even know about all of the genetically engineered foods being sold.

Within the discussion of voluntary proactive approaches to environmental protection, former micro-econometric studies analyze the causal effect of the adoption of environmental management systems (EMS) on technological environmental innovations and find some positive impacts.

The discussion about voluntary certification of biofuels in Brazil has the chance to make a normative contribution to raise awareness on sustainability issues, which was emphasised by most interview partners.