We’ve noted remarks by a senior aide to Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) that “probably the best part of the bill is the increase in Hospice care which will solve the prolonging of life issue.”
That does not tend to make sense because hospice care is for people already at the end of life who need to be kept comfortable. How on earth does more hospice funding solve “prolonging of life issues” when people in hospice already know they are about to die?
Well, it doesn’t until you consider stories like this.
Some terminally ill patients in Oregon who turned to their state for health care were denied treatment and offered doctor-assisted suicide instead, a proposal some experts have called a “chilling” corruption of medical ethics.
Since the spread of his prostate cancer, 53-year-old Randy Stroup of Dexter, Ore., has been in a fight for his life. Uninsured and unable to pay for expensive chemotherapy, he applied to Oregon’s state-run health plan for help.
Lane Individual Practice Association (LIPA), which administers the Oregon Health Plan in Lane County, responded to Stroup’s request with a letter saying the state would not cover Stroup’s pricey treatment, but would pay for the cost of physician-assisted suicide.
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When I was a kid
WarEagle01 (Diary) Friday, July 24th at 1:05PM EST (link)I had always hoped that the future would look like the things I had read about in my favorite science fiction novels. But Logan’s Run is not what I had in mind.
“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg
“The alternative to the awful extremity of abortion is the indispensable joy of introducing this flawed world to someone who might make it better.”–John Hayward (AKA Dr. Zero)
And Movies
djemi (Diary) Friday, July 24th at 1:20PM EST (link)Gattaca
“If I can’t shoot rabbits,then I can’t shoot fascist”
“With age, comes Wisdom, but only if you are paying Attention, son” my ‘Old Man’
RS Help files (h/t JLenardDetroit) Grassroots in Michigan
Moes Strategy
Republicans want more welfare? [No, just less of you]
BubbaRich Friday, July 24th at 1:43PM EST (link)[So let's have a 2009 Estonian dance festival instead. – NS]
Oh, and why doesn’t this guy have insurance? Some company didn’t want to pay for all of his care to get him to this point? I’m sure no insurance companies ever turn people down for belated desperate chemotherapy. Do they?
BubbaRich must have performed neuroengineering on himself
Bill S (Diary) Friday, July 24th at 2:39PM EST (link)since his brain seems to have gone missing. But…brain removal for liberals seems so…superfluous. After all, there’s nothing there to start with.
“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
bs, can you even remember the last time we
janis (Diary) Friday, July 24th at 2:59PM EST (link)had a troll worthy of our best efforts? It’s as if even THEY have given up, or they’re in such disarray at this point due to their messiah’s lack of promise-keeping from the campaign that they can’t formulate a good plan of attack.
They had so much going for them 7 months ago, didn’t they? Bummer, dude.
They don't make 'em like they used to... :-) -nt-
Bill S (Diary) Friday, July 24th at 5:46PM EST (link)“It’s such a fine line between stupid, and clever.” – David St. Hubbins
Already is here
SteveLA (Diary) Friday, July 24th at 1:55PM EST (link)Erick,
Look into lifetime expense caps on most heath insurance. The concept of medical care insurance keeping everyone alive at any cost does not exist, well unless you are a Congress Critter. I’m not sure how the cap works on the insurance from my employer, but there is also a cap on my coverage too.
It’s a topic that does not get talked about, but rationing of heath care is occurring now for economic reasons. Dr. Obama’s heath care prescription will just make the topic subject to much more public discussion and scrutiny. I’m really not looking forward to a system where the government determines the worth of human life, but it seems that’s where this is heading.
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Competency over ideological purity and litmus tests
If I've said it once ...
mnut Friday, July 24th at 2:11PM EST (link).. I’ve said it a million times. Anyone who complains about a “cold bureaucracy” of a government run health care system has never had to deal with a private insurance company regrading any real health issues.
The “rationing” of health care happens all the time now.
Fix the "noted remarks" link
Bioinformaticus_Maximus (Diary) Friday, July 24th at 3:17PM EST (link)It goes to the same “you consider stories like this” FOX news story.
Great work getting the “noted remarks” scoop. When others are able to read it from the link they will be shocked!
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In practice, they are not.
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