This is What it Says

Regarding healthcare reform, President Obama has said that no one will have to sacrifice. He has also said seniors should reconcile themselves to the difficulties of old-age and realize they should get less benefits.

A healthcare adviser to the President, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, brother to Rahm Emanuel, has written extensively on his beliefs about healthcare. In his writings he has stated that he believes no money should be spent on someone with an incurable disease.

Recently, Besty McCaughey, a health policy expert, has read the full house bill on healthcare reform. She has been reporting on what she read. In light of the Presidents statements and the beliefs of the people he surrounds himself with, we should not be surprised to see these "benefits" included in the healthcare reform bill:

• Over 10 years the Medicare budget will be cut by 500 billion dollars to pay for the healthcare reform provisions (this is roughly half of what the President has said reform will cost). [This likely means rationed care with fewer hip and knee replacements, bipass surgery and angioplasty-- all procedures that extend life and increase enjoyment and participation in activities.]
• On pages 425-430 a new benefit is found that requires mandatory counseling for seniors on end-of-life issues: how to refuse antibiotics, hydration, nutrition. After you reach a certain age a senior must receive this counseling every five years. If a senior becomes ill before the next scheduled counseling session, they must receive end-of-life counseling at that time.
• On pages 442-443 another benefit is described called "Shared Decision Making-- it will not be the patient and possibly their family who will be making healthcare decisions; doctors guided by government panels will also way in.

These are only a few the frightening provisions in the proposed healthcare reform.

There has got to be a better way to provide for those who do not have access to affordable insurance! Must we tell one group to die more quickly so that another group might have access to rationed care?

Praying that Obama and our representatives remember the innate dignity of ALL,
k8t
k8t(at)faceofagirl(dot)com
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