Posted on 08/13/2009 5:35:34 AM PDT by MaxCUA
Yesterday President Obama responded to my statement that Democratic health care proposals would lead to rationed care; that the sick, the elderly, and the disabled would suffer the most under such rationing; and that under such a system these “unproductive” members of society could face the prospect of government bureaucrats determining whether they deserve health care.
The President made light of these concerns. He said:
“Let me just be specific about some things that I’ve been hearing lately that we just need to dispose of here. The rumor that’s been circulating a lot lately is this idea that somehow the House of Representatives voted for death panels that will basically pull the plug on grandma because we’ve decided that we don’t, it’s too expensive to let her live anymore....It turns out that I guess this arose out of a provision in one of the House bills that allowed Medicare to reimburse people for consultations about end-of-life care, setting up living wills, the availability of hospice, etc. So the intention of the members of Congress was to give people more information so that they could handle issues of end-of-life care when they’re ready on their own terms. It wasn’t forcing anybody to do anything.” [1]
She hit a nerve with that single phrase from a facebook post. Every network is now discussing and even the President has responded.
It’s time to ratchet up Sarah. Make your next post ever harder hitting.
She really did hit a nerve. And I like this piece.
The government already does that with medicare and medicaid and seniors love it because someone else foots the bill. How about the 25 year old kid that has no health insurance but has medicare taxes taken from him so he cant afford to pay either? That is an insult, I get a sense from pro-lifers that they think this money comes from no place and is unlimited, not a good sign of where we are headed when democrats get kicked out. But then again, look at how government grew under Bush.
A good argument against Obama care to seniors, try “Obama wants to give your health care to illegals”
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