Every day this disaster of a “health care” plan gets worse and worse. This American Thinker article points out those “death panels” that Sarah Palin got mocked for mentioning:
This part is particularly informative:August 09, 2010 | American Thinker
The Deadly Pact: How ObamaCare will ‘Save’ Money
By John Griffing… Movies like Soylent Green and Logan’s Run have become the new reality. The popular chase scene where Logan flees state authorities, having reached the state-imposed age limit of thirty years, serves as a metaphor for present policy. Patients are told to “go home” and accept death instead of pursuing life-extending treatment. But should government decide when that is? If consulting the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, then the answer is yes …
Oh, we'll be equal all right. Equally screwed. (Unless, of course, you're exempt as a member of Congress or the executive branch.)
The respected Canadian Fraser Institute estimates that in 2009, over 40,000 Canadians left Canada to receive non-emergency medical treatment, and another study by the Fraser Institute revealed that on average, Canadians would do better having coronary bypass surgery in the States, and not in Canada. And despite the fact that Canada is now spending 41 percent more per person than in 1993, waiting periods are still 73 percent longer than in 1993. Still want “equal” care?
Bottom line: Government should not be deciding where and when to end someone’s life. And yet this is the inevitable result of government-funded medical care. At some point, government will cut corners to “save” money …
Too late. Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Barack Obama and their coalition of the bribed and coerced have imposed it on us. Alea iacta est.
Welcome to the future, suckers.
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