[Baynative]

Mr. Blumenauer, the author of the original end-of-life proposal, praised the rule as “a step in the right direction.”

After learning of the administration’s decision, Mr. Blumenauer’s office celebrated “a quiet victory,” but urged supporters not to crow about it.

“While we are very happy with the result, we won’t be shouting it from the rooftops because we aren’t out of the woods yet,” Mr. Blumenauer’s office said in an e-mail in early November to people working with him on the issue. “This regulation could be modified or reversed, especially if Republican leaders try to use this small provision to perpetuate the ‘death panel’ myth.”

Moreover, the e-mail said: “We would ask that you not broadcast this accomplishment out to any of your lists, even if they are ‘supporters’ — e-mails can too easily be forwarded.”

The e-mail continued: “Thus far, it seems that no press or blogs have discovered it, but we will be keeping a close watch and may be calling on you if we need a rapid, targeted response. The longer this goes unnoticed, the better our chances of keeping it.”

In the interview, Mr. Blumenauer said, “Lies can go viral if people use them for political purposes.”

[Baynative]

Opps: I missed this on the copy

Several Democratic members of Congress, led by Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon and Senator John D. Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, had urged the administration to cover end-of-life planning as a service offered under the Medicare wellness benefit. A national organization of hospice care providers made the same recommendation.

[ridesthemiles]

The same kind of structure will be used with the ‘Food Safety Bill-—employees of the FDA will be making rules & enforcing them without any approval from Congress.

[Osage Orange]

It's one thing....for a Doctor and their patients to have these discussions about how they want to live..and how they want to die.

It's quite another thing to have a government mandate to make and pay Doctor's to have these discussions.

All that said....I work in the Health Care field...and have seen a lot of heart breaking things happen to people at the end of their lives.

[MuttTheHoople]

Dear Old Folks,

Don't give us any claptrap about "raising us" or "saving the world from National Socialism and World Communism" or any of that rotgut. Just go somewhere and die.

Sincerely,

B. Hussein Obama

P.S. Be lucky you got out of the womb before I became Pres.

[mapmaker77]

I think a lot of useless dhims should be the guinea pigs to test this, if they were reduced to stains on the pavement no one would mourn or miss them.

[upchuck]

Sarah Palin was right - AGAIN.

[MinuteGal]

This is a horrifying and blatant power grab by Obama and his shadowy bureaucrats who are writing up the rules and regulations for our lives without going through our elected representatives.

To all those who have been calling Obama a fascist from day one (including me) you are CORRECT. He is in the process of grabbing dictatorial power through fiat while appearing to be harmless as he flits around the world on junkets and vacation.

Be very afraid....we can't count on the courts any more, the media, academia....they've all been infiltrated and are controlled. We see what's happening to the military, our last bastion.....it's going to come down to each of us to figure out how to survive a Nazi regime....it's coming fast.

Leni

[Baynative]

See, what did I tell ya?

[FrankR]

[kitkat]

BUMP

[CitizenM]

The e-mail continued: “Thus far, it seems that no press or blogs have discovered it, but we will be keeping a close watch and may be calling on you if we need a rapid, targeted response. The longer this goes unnoticed, the better our chances of keeping it.”

So much for TRANSPARENCY!!!

Oh, how I hate this administration and all the power-hungry, egotistical, devious, deceitful, and arrogant Obama people who want to control us rather than work FOR us.

[goodnesswins]

ping for Oregon

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Obama wants to kill Grandma!!!

I’m sure we’ll be hearing that one from the press. /sarc

[Just mythoughts]

I will always think of BamBamKennedy's ‘end-of-life’ plan with him lionizing Cain's ‘AM I my brother's keeper’. It is not lost on me this was after Cain had murdered his brother when Cain's offering was NOT acceptable... Got to keep alert now that the people have elected Alinskymites to rule over US.