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Gruber: There Will be Obamacare Death Panels
national right to life ^ | January 6, 2015 | Wesley J. Smith

Posted on 01/06/2015 2:30:26 PM PST by Morgana

Back in 09–when Obamacare advocates castigated those who worried that Obamacare would lead to rationing–Jonathan Gruber said get the law passed first, then refuse treatment later. From the Daily Caller story:

“Let’s get the people covered and then let’s do cost control,” [Gruber said]

Gruber also said that the only way to control costs is to effectively deny treatment. “The real substance of cost control is all about a single thing: telling patients they can’t have something they want. It’s about telling patients, ‘That surgery doesn’t do any good, so if you want it you have to pay the full cost.’”

And guess who decides what “doesn’t do any good” means? Bioethicists–who believe that some lives have greater value than others–and Obamacare technocrats.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; abortion; aca; deathpanels; gruber; jonathangruber; obamacare; prolife; zerocare

1 posted on 01/06/2015 2:30:26 PM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

No surprise.


2 posted on 01/06/2015 2:34:53 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy

I know...just thought I’d post for bookmarking.

To rub in the faces of everyone who voted obozo!


3 posted on 01/06/2015 2:39:03 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana

No problem. The EXEMPT and their families
and staff are not under ObamaCARE.
No death panels for them ... or anyone with a Koran.


4 posted on 01/06/2015 2:40:05 PM PST by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Diogenesis
No death panels for them ... or anyone with a Koran.

So, you're saying that if we have to go to the hospital, we should bring a Koran with us?

5 posted on 01/06/2015 2:43:37 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Morgana

Sarah Palin said there would be death panels. She has been saying that right from the get go!


6 posted on 01/06/2015 2:47:23 PM PST by forgotten man
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To: Morgana

So,your a white male Republican- take one aspirin and don’t call us in the morning!


7 posted on 01/06/2015 2:47:51 PM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Diogenesis

... or anyone with a Koran.

I have a koran. I keep it on the floor of my car. Does that mean I am exempt?

: )


8 posted on 01/06/2015 2:48:11 PM PST by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: Morgana

Obamacare’s given the government virtually complete control over a private person’s life. If anyone thinks they aren’t going to exercise that control, they need to share whatever they’re smoking.


9 posted on 01/06/2015 2:50:54 PM PST by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be earned and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: forgotten man

But, but, but I thought she was a backwoods hick, just an unlearned rabble-rouser from Alaska...isn’t that correct?


10 posted on 01/06/2015 3:17:39 PM PST by jennings2004 ("What difference, at this point, does it make!"!)
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To: Morgana

The Left has always wanted to decide who lives and who dies. It’s their dream come true.


11 posted on 01/06/2015 3:24:37 PM PST by subterfuge (Minnesota: the laughingstock of the nation - for lots of reasons!)
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To: Morgana
Pelosi was part of Obamacare from the start.. Palliative End of Life Optimum Serenity Initiative (PELOSI).

"Just give 'em a pill," President Obama.

12 posted on 01/06/2015 3:26:33 PM PST by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Morgana

I have heard that if Medicare does not cover something, you cannot then pay for it out of pocket and get it.
Is that correct?


13 posted on 01/06/2015 3:34:53 PM PST by tbw2
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To: Morgana

...he may think so. My estimation is Obamacare is on a DeathWatch.

I really think it is going to be undone.

Still unpopular after so many years, so many challenges, etc.

His signature “law” is going to be shredded.

And that’ll make me smile.


14 posted on 01/06/2015 3:54:00 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: tbw2

“I have heard that if Medicare does not cover something, you cannot then pay for it out of pocket and get it.
Is that correct?”

No !

.


15 posted on 01/06/2015 3:56:45 PM PST by Mears
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To: Morgana

BTTT!


16 posted on 01/06/2015 3:58:34 PM PST by Pagey (HELL is The 2nd Term of a POTUS who uses the terms “social justice” and “fair distribution".)
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To: Mears

That has, however, long been a subject of political discussion on the left. “Fairness should demand that if the treatment is not available to the poor, the rich shouldn’t be able to buy it.” Our OWS types would agree.


17 posted on 01/06/2015 4:25:19 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: Morgana

I get images of Denzel Washington in a hospital with a gun....


18 posted on 01/07/2015 2:58:07 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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