Obama Wants to Let Those Pesky Geezers Die

American Spectator ^ | 6.25.09 @ 2:36PM | By Matthew Vadum

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Euthanasia for the elderly (baby boomers)? No but heavy emphasis on palliative care.

Some of us have been saying for a long time that health care "reform" is actually a way to cut the cost of Social Security.

Seriously ill elderly have a duty to die and get out of the way said Democrat Richard Lamm years ago.

Also, I believe Rat Party (formerly the traditional, patriotic Democratic Party) puppet master, Soros, wants emphasis on palliative care having raised a ruckus with his original emphasis on euthanasia

[ASOC]

I’ll say it again

ObamaCare = RAID for Seniors.

[Texas resident]

Above his paygrade my furry yellow butt. That is an old military phrase as in E5 or 03. He is the commander in chief. If he is going to force us to have cubacare, just imagine how bad the VA is going to get. I would imagine that there will be a bunch of private enterprise doctors that start making house calls for cash again. If I was a doc, I would.

[anoldafvet]

The sad truth is that if this comes to pass, the only thing that won’t be rationed will be abortion. That will be available 24/7/365.

[ravingnutter]

Money News - Obama: Raise Death Tax to Pay for Healthcare

NY Times: Change in Estate Tax Suggested to Pay for Health Care

Yep...they'll need to kill 'em a little faster to keep up with the healthcare demand.

[Nathan Zachary]

"In a rare moment of candor,"

Liberals think rationed health care and euthanasia of the sick and old is funny.

So did Hitler.

[madison10]

Better keep an eye on those life insurance policies. Talk about a raid.

(0=cold, calculating SOAW)

[SERKIT]

Obama-Care will bring us:

* The scientific dishonesty of Global Warming The compassion of an IRS agent
* The lines of the US Postal Service or DMV
* The fiscal responsibility of the Pentagon who brought us $500 hammers and $1,000 toilet seats
* The lobbying of the wives of like Senators Daschle and Dodd
* Expansion of staff for Senators and Congressman to handle health care disputes

...and this....
The New Stasi (formerly known as ACORN) guards a geriatric clinic. Elderly shooed away told to 'Do us all a favor and go home and die'.

[colorado tanker]

This is hardly new. Democrat Governor Dick Lamm was saying in the 1980’s the elderly have a “duty to die.”

[Anima Mundi]

Therefore....let’s get rid of speed limits, safety belt and helmet laws, car seats for kids, bans on smoking and all that other stuff. They are in a contradiction and need to decide if they want us alive or not. Maybe they want workers and potential workers alive. Wish everybody would go on strike or something

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die

Translation, Obama wants to ensure that those that voted against him aren't around in 2012.

[Nailbiter]

Would this be used on anyone involved in a bad accident?

I envicion this standard being used on anyone who has become drain on ovt coffers, as opposed to contributing to govt coffers.

Gangbangers should take note, no more free ER patch ups, possibly only positive to whole scenario

[griswold3]

Ding, ding, ding...
We have a winner! (Kudos to the astute posters here!)
The ‘public plan’ is just a way to perpetuate the ponzi scheme known as ‘Medicare’. Every good ponzi scheme needs more rubes...er.ah...victims...er.ah...clients. (Yeah, that’s the ticket!)

[Nathan Zachary]

"I would imagine that there will be a bunch of private enterprise doctors that start making house calls for cash again. If I was a doc, I would."

Except that would be illegal under the universal health care act.

[handy old one]

Yes but insurance cost is insurance cost no mater where it starts and they will want control of all of it in the end!!

[Bender2]

bump for later read

[Patsygirl]

Will they just list cause of death as “Death by Obama”?

[ASOC]

Well, Seniors should be scared - but most don’t know enough to raise a fuss. AARP has been co-opted, so many follow like the good little sheep they are.

If Congress was forced to use the same health care system they are pushing - it would never get out of the gate.

[handy old one]

The people that are sucking out the GOVT coffers and putting nothing in should be weaned off the GOVT by having to go for education , work to continue to receive any backing.

[coydog]

Many doctors will say “So what?” and do it under the table.