But leftys want to impose this kind of treatment upon all of us. Just listen to the offended doctor.
This video is from last year.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/06/20/oregon-state-health-plan-will-pay-to-kill-you-but-not-cure-you/
After weeks of bad news, things turned Barbara Wagners way this week.
Last month her lung cancer, in remission for about two years, was back. After her oncologist prescribed a cancer drug that could slow the cancer growth and extend her life, Wagner was notified that the Oregon Health Plan wouldnt cover it.
It would cover comfort and care, including, if she chose, doctor-assisted suicide.
Duration : 0:3:45
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Exactly …
Exactly jbsouthpaw2009! I’m sick of this right wing vs left wing crap and have been for as long as I can remember. Why can’t Americans just evaluate a candidate on the grounds of whether or not he has the capability, desire, and moral qualifications to correctly and wisely handle the REAL problems here in America? Since Reagan, every politician has either worsened our problems or ignored them and focused on imaginary ones like “global warming”. Why not fix our extremely oversized gov’t instead?
Well said …
Well said rocknrolldude3280. Americans need to wade thru the BS of right wing or left wing and ask themselves Is rationing this womans care like this the right thing to. Unless your a heartless political party robot the answer is clearly NO. Lets be good decent Americans first then worry about political party later.
First, I don’t …
First, I don’t watch Fox News or listen to Rush Limbaugh, so don’t go there. I get my news from a variety of sources (unbiased, right wing, and left wing). I think about all of it then form my own opinions. The reason I don’t support Obama’s “health care” program is because I don’t have enough faith and trust in the government; the same government that gave us Bush. Would you feel comfortable putting your livelihood in the hands of HIM? We could have another one like him elected 2012, you know.
This is what you …
This is what you get when you put all faith and trust in the government like liberals do. Then they accuse conservatives of blindly trusting the gov’t. We don’t trust the gov’t, hence the reason why we’re conservative! It hasn’t done anything trustworthy in the past 100+ years, save for 1981-1989. The hypocrisy, ignorance, lies, naivety, and total lack of critical thinking skills displayed by liberals and democrats is just astounding. Literally, it saddens me.
Maybe you should …
Maybe you should read the bill instead of spewing the BS, ridiculous misrepresentations (read:lies) propagated by right-wing advocacy groups.
I just read page 15 …
I just read page 15… and it’s just defining terms. Your comment of section 1233 proves that you’re just reading the “interpretation” by “Patients First”, which is funded by health insurance companies. Perhaps you should read the actual text of the bill and attempt to understand it for yourself.
Your hyperbole is …
Your hyperbole is the greatest ever!
God Bless this poor …
God Bless this poor woman. Thank you to the drug company that gave her the medicine.
yes, Tarceva is …
yes, Tarceva is covered, however in Canada, it may take anywhere between 6-8 months to actually receive the medicine after a diagnosis is made. Hooray dying before being able to get the medicine.
Regardless if the …
Regardless if the HMO is private, it is operating under the direction of the state of Oregon. This is not the HMO’s decision, it is the state’s because of the contract between the two. Investing their healthcare dollars (rationing) in one person when it would take healthcare dollars from another (considered more viable) , is exactly what Obamacare is proposing.
Nice try at …
Nice try at focusing on the drug and not the idea that the woman was denied any treatment except assisted suicide, and had nowhere to turn, Your Canadian socialists can always head south of the border to get anything they need, and quickly. In fact, people come from all over the world for our horrible, broken health care. What are they, masochists?
That is great! I …
That is great! I literally just called Lipa and they are a private HMO contracted by the state! Meaning, they are a private insurance company! This is what private insurance companies have been doing for years and years and years. . . isn’t it time to alter this?
Also, Tarceva is covered by Canada’s socialist medical system, can be covered by several Medicare supplements, and there are also reports on the web of other private insurers denying coverage of this drug.
it is like boxer …
it is like boxer the horse right?
Coming soon …
Coming soon nationwide…
That is bullshit! …
That is bullshit! Im from Az but still thats up!
The guy trying to …
The guy trying to explain why they aren’t wrong… not the woman…
What a weenie…
What a weenie…
Emanuel, however, …
Emanuel, however, believes that “communitarianism” should guide decisions on who gets care. He says medical care should be reserved for the non-disabled, not given to those “who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens . . . An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia” (Hastings Center Report, Nov.-Dec. ’96).
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel -health-policy adviser at the Office of Management and Budget to Obama (Deadly Doctors, NYP)
The letter was …
The letter was probably better in the original German.
Note, everybody, …
Note, everybody, that the “evil” drug company gives her the medicine free, because she is a walking advertisement for them so long as she continues to live. The corporation has a vested interest in her life, while the government program has a vested interest in her death! Who would you rather have power over your grandmother?
lmao this …
lmao this bureaucrat doctor is a total douchebag
Just a glimpse of what universal healthcare will be. Huge freedom robbing program
Obamacare already …
Obamacare already in Oregon!
I think this is EXACTLY what the national health Care Insurance single Payer system will be like!
Hey, I love my …
Hey, I love my medicare!
Replied as an email …
Replied as an email, no one really counts after the age of 65 and barely so in Canada. Relatives are waiting now to be relieved of pain another waited 6 mos re possible heart problem at 92, they just can’t care about you as a senior citizen especially in the USA, can you imagine this happening. Canada has a pop of approx. 39 mil being Calif. pop. Go figure how a nation this size with it’s overwhelming corruptness can afford anything worthwhile. $spent overseeing crooks renders this a failure
Hey idiot what …
Hey idiot what video did you watch? The STATE of Oregon said they would not cover her treatment. The PRIVATE pharm. co. gave it to her FREE ! HOW THE DID YOU SPIN THAT ?