[Marty62]

Hey CECI......your spin machine is out of gas.....

[charmedone]

“A campaign on conservative talk radio – fueled unintentionally by President Barack Obama’s calls to control exorbitant medical bills – has sparked fear among senior citizens that the massive health-reform bill moving through Congress will lead to end-of-life “rationing” and even “euthanasia.” “

It is inevitable. “Here, take this pill. We will all feel better!”

Hell, they won't even swab the area with alcohol!

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The left has already shown that it believes in compulsory termination of life (abortion, infanticide, Terri Schiavo) so it’s not a stretch to think that they will be forcing the elderly to “think about” ending it all.

[cricket]

. . . has sparked fear among senior citizens that the massive health-reform bill moving through Congress will lead to end-of-life “rationing” and even “euthanasia.”

If these folks had a clue; would even read beyond the Obama,Inc. talking points; then the gist of this story would not be 'sparked' fears. . .

Unfrickenbelievable. . .the painful and threatening ignorance of it all.

[BykrBayb]

At a forum sponsored by the seniors group AARP intended to pitch comprehensive reform, Obama was asked about the frightening “rumors.”

Today the liberals call this "frightening 'rumors'," but tomorrow, they'll call it "the way things have always been."

They aren't rumors. Somebody posted that part of the proposed legislation here recently.

[Salvation]

[VoiceOfBruck]

...skirmish over end-of-life care, like arguments about abortion coverage, has provided ammunition to Obama's opponents and threatened to derail the president's broader health-care agenda.

Well, "Cici," let's think about this a moment, shall we? If euthanasia and abortion are so trivial as to barely merit mention within the context of such a wonderful, comprehensive solution to all of our "bigger" problems,

WHY DON'T THE GENIUSES WRITING THE BILL LEAVE THEM OUT?

Let's look at another angle, shall we? Why does the MSM keep calling it the president's health care plan? If it were sincerely the people's health plan, and if it were actually going to benefit us, we would be supporting it! But we're not. Wonder why?

[Admin Moderator]

The counseling sessions would be voluntary.

Like income taxes and the IRS?

[silverleaf]

The “Law” doesnt just propose to reimburse doctors- it makes end-of-life and living will counseling by your DOCTOR MANDATORY.

Every 5 years after 65- but conveniently for those of you diagnosed with a chronic illness-—ANNUALLY.

Scene: A doctor’s office, 2015:

Doctor:
Sorry Mr Jones, your medical plan does not allow me to continue your monthly cortisone injections into your arthritic knees. Last year we were permitted to treat one knee for patients over 50. But now that you’ve passed age 65 with no meaningful assessment for improvement in your condition, the standard of care has changed.

I know the pain is unbearable and you are no longer able to walk or to work.

Have you considered a living will? I won’t be able to treat your other needs or prescribe pain meds until we have this counseling session completed and documented to be onfile.

It will only take 30 minutes. I have a video from the HHS my nurse can just pop in for you to watch in our special care-for-life room. After you watch it, I can answer any questions you may have about pain relief while refusing food and hydration.

[Ticonderoga34]

This paragraph stood out to me.

Not since 2003 when Congress and President George W. Bush became involved in the death of Terry Schiavo, who lay in a vegetative state in a hospice in Florida, have lawmakers waded into the highly charged subject, said Howard Brody, director of an ethics institute at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Terry Schiavo died in 2005 not 2003. Cici couldn't even get that fact right.

[ejonesie22]

“Cash for Clunkers” was just a prototype for “Cash for Croakers”.

Turn Granny in for a government coupon to your favorite retail outlet...

[paulycy]

[1000 silverlings]

All geezers who do show up for counseling, demand your Miranda rights and an attorney, and make them pay for it

[Vince Ferrer]

Sol goes home (From Soylent Green)

[paratrooper82]

I make a “will” out, or up date it anyway, every time I go out on patrol. I sure as hell don't need a government stooge sitting next to me telling me what to write, how to write it, and what to leave the government, like my personal property, my money, or my land to the govenment!!

Wake the F-— up America! Can't you see what the government is proposing here? Your end days are yours not the god D-mn governments!!!! Live free or die!

[rawhide]

Under the plan, Medicare would reimburse doctors for one session every five years to confer with a patient about his or her wishes and how to ensure those preferences are followed. The counseling sessions would be voluntary.

I can see this as a quick buck to be made by the doctors. One quick question to you while you are in for your yearly checkup, reaps a bucket of money for them. They do not even need to ask you 'do you want to discuss your end-of-life plans?'.

[chris_bdba]

Sorry but read the bill they aren’t “rumors”. I love how they think they can lie and lie about what the bill has in it when all one has to do is go and read it. Seniors would be wise to listen carefully and disreguard what the Dems are telling you because they speak with fork tongue.

[LibFreeOrDie]

We'll be like the turkeys on that "South Park" episode: herded into a theater to watch a nice movie about sunsets while a buzzsaw comes out of the walls...

[Biggirl]

My big concern is that this issue will about “ending it all” will not only apply to seniors, but also to those who have challenges or chronic illnesses.

[PureSolace]