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'THE COST OF DYING:' FALSE CHOICES OR THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN HEALTHCARE?
If you read the actual posts on Sarah Palin's FaceBook notes page (you won't get cooties if you go there, I promise), you'll realize that the claim she was targeting the 'end of life discussion' provision is a stretch. Tagging her with opposing Section 1233 was an attempt to make her position seem unreasonable when she was actually complaining about the comparative effectiveness reviews that are already in action (they were funded as part of the 'porkulus' bill). Those are the 'death panels' that under a single-payer scheme would decide the protocols for who is given what treatments.
She was also far from the only one raising questions about the provision. Noted snowbilly fear-monger Charles Lane of the WaPo wrote an op-ed pointing out the problem of simultaneously paying doctors to counsel patients on living wills, etc while at the same time grading them their 'effective' use of medical resources.
Comment Posted By DerHahn On 24.11.2009 @ 11:35
