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2011-11-16 Home Front: Politix

~~Death Panel~~ Rationing Health Care Favored by Obama Nominee for Social Security Board

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-11-16 10:20|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Who was it that mentioned "death panels"? What a slut, must have had a handicapped child.

Posted by bman 2011-11-16 10:49|| 2011-11-16 10:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Under the NHS model, the ill are a cost, not a revenue creating customer. Costs are always minimised.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-11-16 10:51|| 2011-11-16 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Do we have a comment yet from that jerk at AARP?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2011-11-16 11:07|| 2011-11-16 11:07|| Front Page Top

#4 we should be grateful that there is an intellectually honest fellow who is willing to tell us where Obamacare will lead us. Of course Obamacare will give us death panels and still manage to increase costs faster than they would otherwise.

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-11-16 12:52|| 2011-11-16 12:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Just look at the Indian Health Service to see where we are all heading.
Billings Gazette yesterday:
CROW AGENCY Everyone affiliated with the Crow-Northern Cheyenne Hospital would love to see it operate smoothly.
But myriad problems, including intermittent closures, staffing troubles and patient complaints, have plagued the Crow Agency facility.
Crow tribal representatives say their concerns are heard but not acted on. An Indian advocacy group has called for a congressional inquiry into the hospital...The hospital opened in 1995, replacing an earlier building that had become inadequate. One of the biggest reasons it was built was to decrease wait times for patients to see providers a problem that remains today.
Health care, education and a permanent home on the reservation were guaranteed to American Indians in the 1800s, when tribes were forced to give up millions of acres of land to the federal government. The quality of that health care concerns members of the Crow Tribe.
Heather Whiteman Runs Him, an attorney for the tribe, said patients have difficulty getting in to see a doctor and wait hours to fill prescriptions. High employee turnover makes it difficult for patients to build relationships with medical providers, she said.
Some patients feel their complaints are ignored, Whiteman Runs Him said. They are sent home with aspirin and no answers.
We have people who have gone to the ER several times within the span of 24 hours complaining of symptoms that I think the average person would find alarming and being sent home, she said. Finally they take it upon themselves to go up to Billings to the [public] emergency room [operating under an EMTALA mandate] and are admitted and treated for something they could very well have died from.
This is what the rest of you can look forward to when Whiteman Runs US All takes over--except there won't be an alternative ER to go to, unless you live close to Mexico or Canada.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-11-16 13:14|| 2011-11-16 13:14|| Front Page Top

#6 In case y'all missed it the guidlines for mammogram screenings has been adjusted from every year to every other or even third year. Suppose that has anything to do with anything?

Very accomplished local missed one year, now has stage 4.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-11-16 15:33|| 2011-11-16 15:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Government sucks in EVERYTHING THEY DO except for the Military, And that's because US Patriots do that and do it well.

Posted by newc 2011-11-16 22:00|| concisemagazine.com 2011-11-16 22:00|| Front Page Top

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