Obama says he, first lady have 'living wills'

Living wills allow very sick or terminally ill people to specify how they want to be cared for before they become incapacitated.

Obama commented Tuesday at an online forum on health care sponsored by AARP. He was answering a question from a North Carolina woman who said she had heard that everyone eligible for Medicare would be visited and told to decide how they want to die.

Obama said he thought a provision in one of the bills pending in Congress was designed to encourage people to prepare living wills and make it easier for them to do so.