Why We Must Ration Health Care (Obama media prepping Americans for rationed care)

ny times ^ | 7/19/2009 | peter singer

[Dudoight]

The article says that some guy reports that 60% of all bankruptcies are caused by medical costs/debts. They do not give his ‘credentials’.

Here is a report on a study by a Professor at UC Davis, which states that bankruptcy causes it is pure and simple OVER SPENDING. You can access the actual research/report there, also.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/bankruptcyprof_blog/2008/09/over-spending-i.html

[UB355]

Liberals have a sickness

[Logophile]

You have advanced kidney cancer. It will kill you, probably in the next year or two. A drug called Sutent slows the spread of the cancer and may give you an extra six months, but at a cost of $54,000. Is a few more months worth that much?

If I can afford the $54,000, who has the right to tell me I may not spend my money that way?

[DPMD]

So, money should be the trump factor in the decision to provide or withhold medical care. Health care decisions being made by bean counters.

Which is exactly the argument now being used against health insurance companies to justify their extinction.

And, by the way, when government becomes the only health care provider in the country, who do you suppose will be the people working deep in the bowels of the industry? In order to staff the health care industry, the government will need to recruit people who have experience working in the health care industry. Where do they find such employees?

Do you think that maybe all those nameless, faceless bean counters killing us today in the name of private health care cost cutting will become tomorrow’s newly hired government nameless, faceless bean counters killing us in the name of “lowering costs of health care?”

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It's funny that the libs will never ration environmental controls in the same fashion. There is never enough spending for environmental controls and they will never, ever conduct a cost/benefit analysis on cleanup.

You will most certainly never hear them ponder in similar fashion "Do you still think the drug emissions control is a good value? Suppose the treatment control technology cost a million dollars. Would it be worth it then? Ten million? Is there any limit to how much you would want your insurer consumers to pay for a drug that adds six months to someone’s life control technology that removes an extra particle of soot from the air?

[dbrew2u]

All of you AARP Members best be taking notes. Your days may be numbered ?

[Logophile]

Do you think that maybe all those nameless, faceless bean counters killing us today in the name of private health care cost cutting will become tomorrow’s newly hired government nameless, faceless bean counters killing us in the name of “lowering costs of health care?”

You raise an excellent point.

Statists seem to believe that private corporations are wasteful and malevolent, while government agencies are models of efficiency and compassion. Presumably, if those private-sector employees are put to work for the government, they will be transformed into saints.

[Mike Darancette]

Actually health care should offer a certain level of coverage to everyone and if you want an enhanced level of care you should pay for it.

[JSteff]

Just remember, “Government Health Care provides plenty of Shovel Ready Jobs”.

Just remember that is good for the economy. My only question is will acorn members man the shovels or just count as the graves are dug?

[victim soul]

“America, Defend LIFE!!

“America,you must come out of your comfortable life styles now and shout the Gospel of Life from the rooftops!!

“America, the dark horse in on the horizon...

“A nation that kills its own children is a nation without hope.”

John Paul II

[chris_bdba]

Sorry Obama but I think most American’s want that 2 more years. Your plan to take that option away is not an option for me. When you and the other leeftist in Congress and all federal employees take this deathcare plan then perhaps the rest of America will be more acception?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks grey_whiskers.

[Smokin' Joe]

Why is Ted Kennedy getting any treatment right now??

Probably just adjusting the level of blood in his alcohol...patient comfort, ya know.

[Smokin' Joe]

The faster the Obamites and other global Socialists can usher the generations who remember the days before the 1968 gun control act, the faster they can bamboozle an unknowing public. If you can remember the first moon landing you are old enough for them to want to eliminate you, because you can remember when America (as messed up as the Republic was then) was relatively free.

Chances are you know how to do 'stuff', which can be adapted to fight the regime.

Eliminating care (neglect) is only a short step from eliminating people, one of the dirt-worshippers' goals..