Medical Murder: Why Obamacare - Early Deaths of Millions-Baby Boomers

[cobra de capell]

WOW, surprising support here for Obama's health reform plan!

[Silverback51]

Originally Posted by cobra de capell

WOW, surprising support here for Obama's health reform plan!

Well before this thread is locked down, I have to state that I do not support the health reform plan. But then neither do I believe the future as it was outlined in the original post.

[VRM]

Originally Posted by Silverback51

Well before this thread is locked down, I have to state that I do not support the health reform plan. But then neither do I believe the future as it was outlined in the original post.

I agree.

It seems that the nature of politics these days is to take the viewpoint you don't agree with, develop the worst possible scenario to apply it to, and then exaggerate the results.
It results in a bunch of chicken littles running around (from either party) squawking about how the sky will fall if a certain thing happens. And then people trust that squawking because they have no viewpoint of their own.

Steve

[cobra de capell]

Originally Posted by Silverback51

Well before this thread is locked down, I have to state that I do not support the health reform plan. But then neither do I believe the future as it was outlined in the original post.

Here's some unbiased input from the Washington Post (Charles Lane) - far from a right-wing newspaper.....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...d=opinionsbox1

Lane argues that the "consultations" provided for in Section 1233, while not mandatory, are not "purely voluntary" either as the Democrats have claimed. Thus, he writes "Section 1233 lets doctors initiate the chat and gives them an incentive -- money -- to do so. Indeed, that's an incentive to insist."

As Lane notes, common sense tells us that Section 1233 would place senior citizens in a situation where they will feel pressured to sign end-of-life directives that they would not otherwise sign. The federal government should not be in the business of skewing end-of-life counseling, and thus end-of-life decisions. Lane concludes:

Ideally, the delicate decisions about how to manage life's end would be made in a setting that is neutral in both appearance and fact. Yes, it's good to have a doctor's perspective but section 1233 goes beyond facilitating it to preferring it. Indeed, the measure would have an interested party -- the government -- recruit doctors to sell the elderly on living wills, hospice care, and their associated providers, professions and organizations. You don't have to be a right-wing wacko to question that.