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The Real Death Panels
Author: Raine
Date: 08/10/2009 12:42:08
They aren't anything imagined up by Sarah Palin's speechwriter. They aren't anything the riotous mobs are at the Town hall events. The real death panels Do exist, they are called insurance companies.
A few years ago, we were quite outraged and saddened by the death of a 17 year old leukemia sufferer. She died because Cigna Health insurance decided that a liver transplant was "experimental". Over the weekend I read a story about a baby, 6 moths old, who died at the hands of a hospital panel.When people like Sarah Palin holds up her child as a possible candidate for an Obama Death Panel regarding Health care reform -- I wonder -- Where was Sarah Palin for this baby? Where? Nowhere. She would rather fearomger than save sick children's lives. One of the biggest and scariest lies being told about the bills out there is that Barack Obama wants to euthanize people. Sarah Palin seems pretty quick to take that one and run with it.
Well I have some very interesting news for her. She most likely no longer gets government run and provided health care. Her lovely son Trig was born with a pre-existing condition. When he turns 18 (under the plan we have now) he will need Medicaid and Social Security, because he wouldn't have a snowballs chance in Florida of getting decent private insurance. Same with Sarah-- I believe she had a Cesarean section-- what Ms. Palin doesn't seem to know is that after a c-section your private insurance goes up. Funny thing about that, with our healthcare the way it is now, refuse a C-Section, you can lose custody of your baby. So while Sarah Palin tries to scare America into thinking we are some kind of fascism state with death panels looking for the final solution, she is wrong. We already have death panels. They are called insurance companies.
And they have the right to decide whether you live or die. Why? Remember Terri Shiavo? Deep down there in that bill (signed in the wee hours of the night, if you recall) it gives the right for hospital administrators to make that choice. When a hospital administrator is beholden to an insurance company -- what do you think is gonna happen? That is why end of life counseling is very important to have. This way the choice is TRULY between you and a doctor -- unlike the lies that are being told out there now. I believe we will have more mental health covered with the public option. Good thing, being a pathological liar can be treated.
and 
Raine
A few years ago, we were quite outraged and saddened by the death of a 17 year old leukemia sufferer. She died because Cigna Health insurance decided that a liver transplant was "experimental". Over the weekend I read a story about a baby, 6 moths old, who died at the hands of a hospital panel.
A terminally ill infant at the center of a life support fight died Wednesday while still receiving full medical treatment.
Six-month-old Knya Dismuke-Howard had leukemia that spread to her brain. Doctors at Memorial Hermann Children's hospital said continued care would be futile and a hospital ethics committee decided last week to remove her from life support Monday, despite objections from her family.
Knya also had multiple-organ failure and a serious bacterial infection and was on morphine to relieve pain. She was diagnosed with leukemia five months ago.
Well I have some very interesting news for her. She most likely no longer gets government run and provided health care. Her lovely son Trig was born with a pre-existing condition. When he turns 18 (under the plan we have now) he will need Medicaid and Social Security, because he wouldn't have a snowballs chance in Florida of getting decent private insurance. Same with Sarah-- I believe she had a Cesarean section-- what Ms. Palin doesn't seem to know is that after a c-section your private insurance goes up.
When the Golden Rule Insurance Company rejected her application for health coverage last year, Peggy Robertson was mystified.
“It made no sense,” said Ms. Robertson, 39, who lives in Centennial, Colo. “I’m in perfect health.”
She was turned down because she had given birth by Cesarean section.
Doctors thought the C-section was necessary; the laboring mother did not. As it happens, she was right, because the baby was born vaginally, and healthy. But the court has upheld the original petition by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services (NJDYF) that the mother “abused and neglected” her child. (The court reversed similar charges against the father, B.G., and also said their reason in upholding was not the c-section per se, but rather other factors brought to the bench by authorities.)
And they have the right to decide whether you live or die. Why? Remember Terri Shiavo? Deep down there in that bill (signed in the wee hours of the night, if you recall) it gives the right for hospital administrators to make that choice. When a hospital administrator is beholden to an insurance company -- what do you think is gonna happen? That is why end of life counseling is very important to have. This way the choice is TRULY between you and a doctor -- unlike the lies that are being told out there now. I believe we will have more mental health covered with the public option. Good thing, being a pathological liar can be treated.
and Raine
