Stephen Blackwood: ObamaCare and My Mother's Cancer Medicine

WSJ ^ | February 24, 2014 | Stephen Blackwood

[The Antiyuppie]

You know, the industrialists and captains of industry were all in favor of working with the Nazi German government in promoting...uhhh..”economic expansion”... and increased profits in the 1930’s, only to be picking through the rubble of their businesses for scraps of food 10 years later.

[Shannon]

I wonder if he voted for Obama.

I don't.

I bet this liberal arts college president is currently going through some major shifts in his beliefs, now that things have hit so close to home.

[yoe]

The phrase "affordable healthcare" or "universal healthcare" covers what? I want affordable good tennis shoes for youngsters too or affordable dental work for pets....what does affordable mean other than everyone should be able to afford the necessities for good health....round an round it goes............

[amihow]

Wath out. Just went through a heartbreaker with friend hospitalized at major medical center. We watched as he suffered treatment and non-treatments repeated over and over these days by seniors on Medicare.

For instance, he was not given any nourishment because “he can feed himself”. But he was too weak to lift food to mouth. But if he can swallow he does not get assistance.

It took threat of legal action directly to administration to get IV nourishment. However, soon it became apparent that they were giving him only a fifth of the calories he needed. Not enough to help fight his infection.

If a sick person will get better he must have nourishment adequate to do so. Otherwise, he dies as much from dehydration and starvation as his disease. PRAY FOR AMERICA.

[ArmstedFragg]

Sounds like Advair. My non-Medicare prescription drug plan made the same decision this year. They’re going to Dulera and Symbicort, both similar combinations of inhaled steroid and long term bronchodilator. Part of the rationale for the move is some problems that have been observed with long term use of salmeterol. My Doc won’t start anyone on Advair now, but also doesn’t believe in discontinuing it just because of the salmeterol issue, probably because the other drugs have warnings too.

[ArmstedFragg]

Well, no, since a formulary is a list of the medications they’ll pay for, it suggests that’s exactly what the issue is.

[Salman]

More collateral damage in the War on Everybody.

[lowbridge]

Bump

[steve86]

You’re claiming Humana covers cancer-related medications for no one? Sorry, I’m not finding this conversation very enlightening.

[khelus]

Obamacare it intended to kill the old and the sick.

Heard and interesting story and it gives me pause to wonder if Obamacare had it’s hand in this reversal.

My wife has a friend whose father was on a heart transplant list for years, now all of a sudden, he’s not. Don’t know what factors are involved with being on the list, but found it odd that he was taken off relatively soon after Obamacare took effect.

Seems odd to me anyway.

No doubt the result of ObamaCare

A little publicized fact is the the 'ethicist' behind ObamaCare believes scarce medical resources should be rationed in favor of those 15 - 40.

[12th_Monkey]

as long as you can pay taxes to the government, Obamacare will probably pay. But once you start taking your money back from government, then all bets are off. They’ll ration your care till your dead.