Here is a link to Palin's face book and an article she wrote about her "death board" comments.
What a well written article with great footnoting.
Its sad how most people make their opinion about Sarah from some late night comedy show and some nervous interviews early on.
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Yesterday President Obama responded to my statement that Democratic health care proposals would lead to rationed care; that the sick, the elderly, and the disabled would suffer the most under such rationing; and that under such a system these âunproductiveâ members of society could face the prospect of government bureaucrats determining whether they deserve health care.
The President made light of these concerns. He said:
âLet me just be specific about some things that Iâve been hearing lately that we just need to dispose of here. The rumor thatâs been circulating a lot lately is this idea that somehow the House of Representatives voted for death panels that will basically pull the plug on grandma because weâve decided that we donât, itâs too expensive to let her live anymore....It turns out that I guess this arose out of a provision in one of the House bills that allowed Medicare to reimburse people for consultations about end-of-life care, setting up living wills, the availability of hospice, etc. So the intention of the members of Congress was to give people more information so that they could handle issues of end-of-life care when theyâre ready on their own terms. It wasnât forcing anybody to do anything.â [1]
The provision that President Obama refers to is Section 1233 of HR 3200, entitled âAdvance Care Planning Consultation.â [2] With all due respect, itâs misleading for the President to describe this section as an entirely voluntary provision that simply increases the information offered to Medicare recipients. The issue is the context in which that information is provided and the coercive effect these consultations will have in that context.
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