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	Name:	Yankee06
	Subject:	US 'Death panels' could be reintroduced
	Date:	12/27/2010 10:06:44 AM

-Death panels revisited!

-Not sure it's worth teh effort to revisit this issue, but here goes.

-The term "death panels" caused a storm when used by Sarah Palin with teh media interpreting it to apply to teh draft bill's discussion of doctor-patient talks about end-of-life alternatives. That was just a diversion. Death panels were never about that paragraph.

-The term "death panels" originated in England and is applied to their "committees" that determine rationing of care. Rationing depends on a logical argument of worth to society of medical care recipients. Example,, does the government give a "rationed" hip replacement or heart transplant to an 88 year-old retiree or to a 40 year-old worker. Under the Brtish system the medical care goes to the worker.

-I became very aware of the British system when, at 60 years old, I needed a hip replecement. Under teh British system , I would have been placed on a three-year waiting list, with no guarantee that I would get the hip in three years. Under our system, from the day "I decided" what doctor "I" wanted to do my hip replacement, I had a new hip in 30 days!

-The British system is very likely coming to America through all the committees (over a 100 at laast count) authorized by the new heath care bill and ...get this...the 800 billion dollar stimulus bill.

-The recess appointment of Berwick , a strong supporter of teh British system, as teh medicare chief assures this rationing mentality. Paul Krugman, the leftist nobel economic winner and strong supporter of Obamacare, stated on a recent TV talk show that there is no way to avoid "death panels" and "rationing" under the new heath care programs. He used those exact terms.

-The future of heath care in this country is still up for grabs. It will be interesting to see if the new congress can put a stop to the disaster which is Obamacare. However, it will be even more interesting to see if they can replace it with something that will actully work...and not bakrupt us!