It does away with one of the most unfair aspects of the tax code: a death tax that taxes earnings when you make them, the interest when you save them, and one more time when you die.

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Rather than coding diabetes as the cause of death, 89% of doctors code the end-stage complications of diabetes.

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It contains the following information about the deceased: Last name, first name, Social Security Number, state issued, birth date, death date, and last residence zip code.

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