Seattle attorney threatened over health reform (confused republicans attack estate planning)

These radical right wingers are absolutely nuts.

SEATTLE - The health care debate is having unintended consequences for a local attorney, who says he's receiving threats - even though he has nothing to do with any of the legislation. The attorney, Rajiv Nagaich, blames the confusion over the health care debate.

He deals with living wills, which help people make life-or-death decisions beforehand - in case they are ever put on life support. But somehow, he says, confused people believe he's promoting the violence and confrontations at recent town hall meetings about health care reform. Now the heated debate is having a spillover effect on Nagaich, a law attorney and radio talk show host. He deals with living wills, estate planning and Medicare advice - not health care reform.

"And they are ignorantly, some people are, saying you talk about the same thing that the administration is talking about - so you must be part of the whole gestapo regime, which is not the case," Nagaich told KOMO News.

The anonymous caller said, "People like you need to be stopped because you are enabling a person who is planning to cause violence in our country. And your organization will be protested this weekend and we are going to go after you." Says Nagaich: "This is nonsense. My wife looks at it, and she's afraid for our safety now."

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/53313202.html

are the ones who should be giving advice regarding end of life matters,

Health professionals are not competent to give such advice. They are competent to advise regarding medical matters. Howeever, medical choices have legal and financial implications and they are not competent to advise regarding such matters.