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Something New From Obamacare?
Vanity

Posted on 11/18/2012 2:09:01 PM PST by Williams

A relative who cared for her elderly mother, just deceased, is dealing with the various medical bills from the hospital and doctors.

She sees on all of the statements now, a check off to be marked by the provider, certifying something to the effect that the treatment was "consistent with and appropriate for, the age of the patient".

She says she never saw those before in all her years of caring for her mother. Is this part of Obamacare beginning to limit medical care for our elderly?


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To: CyberAnt

“I wonder how many dems will be surprised when their parents are not eligible for care”

What makes you think a Democrat would care about their parents getting care or not they most likely want them to die afterall Democrats wrote the legislation.


21 posted on 11/18/2012 4:15:50 PM PST by funfan
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To: Williams
Your relative might also note the 5% tax on the estate that taken before anything else thats part of the 0care fiasco.
22 posted on 11/18/2012 4:17:05 PM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: Williams
Would you discredit Palin and her interpretation of the death panels? She warned us.
23 posted on 11/18/2012 4:20:01 PM PST by Logical me
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To: Williams

Soilent green


24 posted on 11/18/2012 4:25:47 PM PST by ronnie raygun (bb)
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To: CyberAnt

I would suggest that most progressives won’t care if their parents get death paneled. Most will be sacking their homes and bank accounts while they are being helped along to meet their maker. It will be very ironic (and maybe even Twilight Zone) that they find out that their beloved parents took out a reverse mortgage on the house and spent every penny they had on a final flings.


25 posted on 11/18/2012 4:59:22 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (The law of unintended consequences is an unforgiving and vindictive b!tch!)
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To: whattajoke

Thank you.


26 posted on 11/18/2012 5:02:55 PM PST by kenavi (Lost the country? Win your state.)
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To: old curmudgeon
To all of those who laughed at and ridiculed Sarah Palin: You deserve what you are going to get.

Sadly, there are still many, many here who still ridicule her.

27 posted on 11/18/2012 5:05:18 PM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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To: Mamzelle

I didn’t see any “fist part” but I have no doubt it is in there somewhere...


28 posted on 11/18/2012 5:30:42 PM PST by SierraWasp (Welcome to the next 50 months of an unprecedebted lame duck session!!!)
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To: CyberAnt; Tax-chick
I wonder how many dems will be surprised when their parents are not eligible for care .. will they think O-Care is a good idea ..??

Surprised? More like satisfied that they got exactly what they voted for. Sure, they'll fuss and cry about the inhumanity of it all, but it's always the same two-faced emotional BS. A good number of them will wail and moan all right while they push and shove their way toward granny's possessions and bank accounts.

I'm not a complete cynic, though. Some of these people will genuinely want their elderly relatives to live, and would even be willing to care for them. In those cases, the commies will conveniently know somebody in the Obamacare supply chain, and guess what, "It's a miracle!" Their relatives will be sure to obtain care— at the expense of yours.

The Obama Nation is Jackboot Nation, on every level. Party membership has its perks. Expect the Bloc Babushkas to have a keen sense of hearing and a certain spring in their steps.

29 posted on 11/18/2012 5:37:01 PM PST by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: SaraJohnson

The socialist police state is what the American people elected (by hook or by crook) in November 2012. Good luck with it, America.


30 posted on 11/18/2012 5:59:43 PM PST by Rapscallion ( OBAMA: You own it now. See if you can govern it.)
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To: mc5cents

Sad thing is, all those things you listed, the democrap voters don’t see anything wrong in them. They are all for it. Anything they don’t like is Bushs’ fault. I think it was Pelosi who said they planned on blaming Bush forever.


31 posted on 11/18/2012 7:10:57 PM PST by beckysueb
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To: CyberAnt

Actually the “target age” of healthcare is between the ages of 15-40 over that and under that it is subject to how expensive the treatment is.I’m figuring the first time those young who wanted this gave a 23 week old preemie and are told the treatment is too expensive they may final get what Obamacare really is.....


32 posted on 11/18/2012 7:40:36 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: CyberAnt

Actually the “target age” of healthcare is between the ages of 15-40 over that and under that it is subject to how expensive the treatment is.I’m figuring the first time those young who wanted this have a 23 week old preemie and are told the treatment is too expensive they may final get what Obamacare really is.....


33 posted on 11/18/2012 7:41:06 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: SaraJohnson
Yep. Deathcare. They are not allowed to discriminate against people by age...and race. Most old people they are targeting for death, are of a certain race.

If the "takers" kill off all the "makers" the taxes to fund this monstrosity will crater and the whole thing will come apart.

There is a bad moon a'risein...

Regards,
GtG

34 posted on 11/18/2012 8:51:12 PM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Williams

I would get REALLY concerned when the elderly are sent to IMAX theaters instead of a hospital.

And I doubt I’ll buy any Powerbars afterwards.


35 posted on 11/18/2012 8:55:46 PM PST by Eye of Unk
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To: Williams

“consistent with and appropriate for, the age of the patient”.

That blurb comes from JCAHO standards that are IIRC a least a decade old. (Joint Comm. Accreditation of Hospitals)

Appears in many areas regarding patient care standards, ie Job Desc, Performance Evals....

~Kate


36 posted on 11/18/2012 9:51:45 PM PST by Hush44
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To: Hush44

I know that, you know that, I wrote that above, you wrote it now...

But it won’t get in the way of yet another FR thread that makes us look like nutters.


37 posted on 11/19/2012 8:16:34 AM PST by whattajoke (Let's keep Conservatism real.)
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To: chris_bdba

Actually, after the age of 76 - you are no longer eligible for cancer treatment.

You can believe that or not.


38 posted on 11/19/2012 9:17:26 PM PST by CyberAnt ("America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth".)
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To: CyberAnt

Oh I believe it.I am already facing some of the limits Obamacare places.I spent over a week trying desperately to find where I needed to order supplies for my insulin pump from as my supply dwindled.The insurance company told me one thing then I’d contact a place and they would call back telling me my insurance wasn’t accepted.I had to basically sit on the phone asking to talk to a supervisor for hours to finally find a place to order from.I was told by them that the changes were due to changes that came in Obamacare. I am just hoping that in 3 more months I don’t have the same issues again as I have in the last 6 months.It’s very stressful thinking I may not have a delivery system for my insulin.Type 1 diabetics die without insulin.


39 posted on 11/24/2012 1:53:19 PM PST by chris_bdba
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