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Dell,
Does the truth even matter to you AT ALL???....or is it just about using any tactic, no matter how much of a lie and no matter how sleazy, unethical and immoral, that you republicans can use to defeat anything but the status quo? Show us all exactly where the "death panels" are in the bill. Of course you won't - because you can't - because it's not there. You pretend that you've actually read the House legislation...but of course, that's not true, either. That's the nature of the BIG LIE. You keep telling it louder and louder hoping to drown out the truth...but in this case, you've been so CLEARLY EXPOSED that there is no way that your lies can stand. Keep screaming all you want Dell. In the end, it won't matter.
 
You better read the details in HR 3200........ :shock:
I have read all of the proposals.

There is nothing in any of them that rations care.

I think you know that, but I am now having my doubts.

You may actually be on of those that believes the lies while the truth is there for all to see.

I have previously posted all of the plans, compared side by side, for all to read.

Feel free to copy and post the rationing care section and the death panel clause, etc...
 
Rationing of care happens in all other countrys with gov run health insurance. It doesn't take much to see how it can and will happen here. There specific verbage in the bill that calls for gov advisory boards to determine necessity of care and procedures.

Anyone who has read and understood the proposals would know that.
 
Dell,
Does the truth even matter to you AT ALL???....or is it just about using any tactic, no matter how much of a lie and no matter how sleazy, unethical and immoral, that you republicans can use to defeat anything but the status quo? Show us all exactly where the "death panels" are in the bill. Of course you won't - because you can't - because it's not there. You pretend that you've actually read the House legislation...but of course, that's not true, either. That's the nature of the BIG LIE. You keep telling it louder and louder hoping to drown out the truth...but in this case, you've been so CLEARLY EXPOSED that there is no way that your lies can stand. Keep screaming all you want Dell. In the end, it won't matter.

I sent all my thugs from Acorn and SEIU down to the meetings to stir up the crap....Called Nancy and told her of the Nazi's there and so on.....

Your guy Obama out there lying day after day in his carefully crafted town hall meetings and you suck up his koolaid like a DNC lackey......take either the red pill or the blue pill.....and don't call me in the morning.....:down:

Tech.....I know where you can get a good set of reading glasses.....

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From Zeke Emanuel.....key policy advisor to the Messiah:

Translation: Don't give much care to a grandmother with Parkinson's or a child with cerebral palsy.

He explicitly defends discrimination against older patients: "Unlike allocation by sex or race, allocation by age is not invidious discrimination; every person lives through different life stages rather than being a single age. Even if 25-year-olds receive priority over 65-year-olds, everyone who is 65 years now was previously 25 years" (Lancet, Jan. 31).

Keep searching Dude.....the truth is out there....and in there.... :huh:
 
Dell -
Show us all where the "death panels" are in the bill.

Of course you won't...becuase you can't...it's not there.

It's just a BIG LIE.

You have been exposed.
 
On a more serious note.

At what point do we as a society say that a lafe is only worth so much before we realize that the money can save more lives else where. I understand that this is a cold way of putting it and I also understand that when it is your loved one or your self who's life is at stake the perspective is quite different. I know a couple who had fertility treatment to conceive. They ended up having triplets one of whom had sever medical problems that ended up taking her life. The cost for neo-natal care ended up running well over $1 million. Most of this was covered by insurance. Those cost of course get passed along the food chain. When is enough a enough? Were this a state or federal insurance program, the cost would be spread out a bit more since you have more people but we all still end up paying. That $1 million could have been spent to feed or cloth a lot of people. Do we spend another million on a 80 yr old man who has a bad heart? As cold and impersonal as it is, at what point do we say that your life is not worth $X.xx amount. When do we tell someone that since you smoked 2 packs a day you don't get a lung trans plant or a liver trans plant for an alcoholic? I know I would not want to make that decision and I am pretty sure I would think my life or the life of a loved one has not limit in terms of value ........... BUT ............ I know logically that is not the case. I would not want my family to put their financial future at risk to save my life. As Spock said on Star Trek, then needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few. This is a difficult decision but one that I think we need to make. Whether insurance is private or federal, the cost affects us.

if we have the means to save a life , we should take every possible action in order to do so ....
 
Dell -
Show us all where the "death panels" are in the bill.

Of course you won't...becuase you can't...it's not there.

It's just a BIG LIE.

You have been exposed.

What you refer to as death panels is Obama's panel who decide which procedures will be allowed and which would not.

Its in the bill FT.

So if you are in need of a specific procedure to prolong your life and they have deemed it not worthy for you....I guess you could then identify with your claim of a death panel.

You know....just like its done in the UK...

Yes you have forced me to expose myself...... :shock:

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I have read all of the proposals.

There is nothing in any of them that rations care.

I think you know that, but I am now having my doubts.

You may actually be on of those that believes the lies while the truth is there for all to see.

I have previously posted all of the plans, compared side by side, for all to read.

Feel free to copy and post the rationing care section and the death panel clause, etc...

The president told the magazine that the chronically ill and elderly represent 80 percent of American healthcare costs, and said, “(T)here is going to have to be a conversation that is guided by doctors, scientists, ethicists. And then there is going to have to be a very difficult democratic conversation that takes place.â€￾

“And that’s part of why you have to have some independent group that can give you guidance,â€￾ he added.

Your Death Panel..... :lol:

Lies from Obama

I have a fresh batch of Koolaid.........
 
Healthbill cliffnotes:


• Sec. 113, Pg. 21-22 of the Health Care (HC) Bill MANDATES a government audit of the books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self-insure in order to “ensure that the law does not provide incentives for small and mid-size employers to self-insureâ€￾!
• Sec. 122, Pg. 29, Lines 4-16 – YOUR HEALTH CARE WILL BE RATIONED!
• Sec. 123, Pg. 30 – THERE WILL BE A GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE deciding what treatments and benefits you get.
• Sec. 142, Pg. 42 – The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your benefits for you. You have no choice!
• Sec. 152, Pg. 50-51 – HC will be provided to ALL NON-US citizens.
• Sec. 163, Pg. 58-59 beginning at line 5 – Government will have real-time access to individual’s finances & a National ID health care card will be issued!
• Sec. 163, Pg. 59, Lines 21-24 – Government will have direct access to your bank accounts for electronic funds transfer.
• Sec. 164, Pg. 65 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in unions & community organizations (ACORN).
• Sec. 201, Pg. 72, Lines 8-14 – Government is creating an HC Exchange to bring private plans under government control.
• Sec. 203, Pg. 84 – Government mandates ALL benefit packages for private Health Care plans in the exchange.
• Sec. 203, Pg. 85, Line 7 – Specifications of benefit levels for plans means that the government will define your HC plan and has the ability to ration your health care!
• Sec. 205, Pg. 95, Lines 8-18 – The government will use groups (i.e., ACORN & AmeriCorps) to “inform and educateâ€￾ (sign up) individuals for government plan.
• Sec. 205, Pg. 102, Lines 12-18 – Medicaid-eligible individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No freedom to choose.
• Sec. 223, Pg. 124, Lines 24-25 – No company can sue the government for price-fixing. No “administrative of judicial reviewâ€￾ against a government monopoly.
• Sec. 225, Pg. 127, Lines 1-16 – Doctors – the government will tell YOU what you can make. “The Secretary shall provide for the annual participation of physicians under the public health insurance option, for which payment may be made for services furnished during the year.â€￾
• Sec. 312, Pg. 145, Lines 15-17 – Employers MUST auto-enroll employees into public option plan.
• Sec. 313, Pg. 149, Lines 16-23 – ANY employer with payroll $400,000 and above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.
• Sec. 313, Pg. 150, Lines 9-13 – Businesses with payroll between $251,000 and $400,000 who do not provide public option pay 2-6% tax on all payroll.
• Sec. 401.59B, Pg. 167, Lines 18-23 – ANY individual who does not have acceptable care, according to government, will be taxed 2.5% of income.
• Sec. 59B, Pg. 170, Line 1 – Any NONRESIDENT alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay for their health care.)
• Sec. 431, Pg. 195, Lines 1-3 – Officers and employees of HC Administration (government) will have access to ALL Americans’ financial and personal records.
• Sec. 441, Pg. 203, Lines 14-15 – “The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax.â€￾ Yes, it says that.
• Sec. 1121, Pg. 239, Lines 14-24 – The government will limit and reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income and poor are the ones affected.
• Sec. 1121, Pg. 241, Lines 6-8 – Doctors, it does not matter what specialty you have; you’ll all be paid the same. “Service categories established under this paragraph shall apply without regard to the specialty of the physician furnishing the service.â€￾
• Sec. 1122, Pg. 253, Lines 10-23 – The government “validates work relative value unitsâ€￾ (sets value of doctor’s time), professional judgment, methods etc. (defining the value of humans).
• Sec. 1131, Pg. 265 – Government mandates and controls productivity for private HC industries. “Incorporating Productivity Improvements into Market Basket Updates that Do Not Already Incorporate Such Improvements.â€￾
• Sec. 1141, Pg. 268 – The government regulates rental and purchase of power-driven wheelchairs.
• Sec. 1145, Pg. 272 – Treatment of certain cancer hospitals: Cancer patients and their treatment are open to rationing!
• Sec. 1151, Pg. 280 – The government will penalize hospitals for what government deems preventable readmissions (incentives for hospital to not treat and release).
• Sec. 1151, Pg. 298, Lines 9-11 – Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmission and the government will penalize you for that action.
• Sec. 1156, Pg. 317, Lines 13-20 – “PROHIBITION on physician ownership or Investment.â€￾ Government tells doctors what/how much they can own.
• Sec. 1156, Pg. 317-318, Lines 21-25, 1-3 – “PROHIBITION on Expansion of Facility Capacity.â€￾ The government will mandate that hospitals cannot expand (“number of operating rooms or bedsâ€￾).
• Sec. 1156, Pg. 321, Lines 2-13 – Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input required.
• Sec. 1162, Pg. 335-339, Lines 16-25 – The government mandates establishment of outcome-based measures. Rationing.
• Sec. 1162, Pg. 341, Lines 3-9 – The government has authority to disqualify Medicare Advantage Plans (Part B), HMOs, etc. This will force people into a government plan. “The Secretary may determine not to identify a Medicare Advantage plan if the Secretary has identified deficiencies in the plan’s compliance with rules for such plans under this part.â€￾
• Sec. 1177, Pg. 354 – Government will RESTRICT enrollment of special needs people! “Extension of Authority of Special Needs Plans to Restrict Enrollment.â€￾
• Sec. 1191, Pg. 379 – Government creates more bureaucracy – “Telehealth Advisory Committee.â€￾ HC by phone or the Internet – dial 1 for your health care advice?
• Sec. 1233, Pg. 425, Lines 4-12 – Government mandates Advance (Death) Care Planning consultation. Think Senior Citizens and end of life. END-OF-LIFE COUNSELING. SOME IN THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED RATIONING HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.
• Sec. 1233, Pg. 425, Lines 17-19 – Government WILL instruct and consult regarding living wills and durable powers of attorney. Mandatory end-of-life planning!
• Sec. 1233, Pg. 425-426, Lines 22-25, 1-3 – Government provides approved list of end-of-life resources, guiding you in death.
• Sec. 1233, Pg. 427, Lines 15-24 – Government mandates program for orders for life-sustaining treatment (i.e. end of life). The government has a say in how your life ends.
• Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 1-9 – An “advanced care planning consultâ€￾ will be used as patient’s health deteriorates.
• Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 10-12 – “Advanced Care Consultationâ€￾ may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans – from the government.
• Sec. 1233, Pg. 429, Lines 13-25 – The government will specify which Doctors (professional authority under state law includes Nurse Practitioners or Physician’s Assistants) can write an end-of-life order.
• Sec. 1233, Pg. 430, Lines 11-15 – The government will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life, according to preset methods (not individually decided).
• Sec. 1302, Pg. 468, Lines 16-21 – “Community-Based Home Medical Services means a nonprofit community-based or state-based organization.â€￾
• Sec. 1302, Pg. 472, Lines 14-17 – PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION: One monthly payment to a community-based organization. Like ACORN?
• Sec. 1308, Pg. 489 – The government will cover Marriage and Family therapy. This will involve government control of your marriage.
• Sec. 1308, Pg. 494-498 – The government will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating and rationing those services.
• Sec. 1401, Pg. 502 – Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Established. Big Brother is watching how your treatment works.
• Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 13-19 – The government will build registries and data networks from YOUR electronic medical records. “The Center may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to carry out this section.â€￾
• Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 21-25 – The government may secure data directly from any department or agency of the US, including your data.
• Sec. 1401, Pg. 503, Lines 21-25 – The “Centerâ€￾ will collect data both “published and unpublishedâ€￾ (that means public & your private information).
• Sec. 1401, Pg. 506, Lines 19-21 – An “Appointed Clinical Perspective Advisory Panelâ€￾ will advise The Center and recommend policies that would allow for public access of data.
• Sec. 1401, Pg. 518, Lines 21-25 – The Commission will have input from HC consumer representatives.
• Sec. 1411, Pg. 524, Lines 18-22 – Establishes the “Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund.â€￾ More taxes for ALL.
• Sec. 1441, Pg. 621, Lines 20-25 – The government will define “NEW Qualityâ€￾ measures in HC. Since when does government know about quality?
• Sec. 1442, Pg. 622, Lines 2-9 – To pay for the Quality Standards, government will transfer money from “qualified entitiesâ€￾ (government Trust Funds) to other government Trust Funds. More Taxes.
• Sec. 1442, Pg. 624, Lines 19-23 – Qualified Entities: “The Secretary shall ensure that the entity is a public, nonprofit or academic institution with technical expertise in the area of health quality measurement.â€￾
• Sec. 1442, Pg. 623, Lines 5-10 – “Qualityâ€￾ measures shall be designed to assess outcomes and functional status of patients.
• Sec. 1442, Pg. 623, Lines 15-17 – “Qualityâ€￾ measures shall be designed to profile you, including race, age, gender, place of residence, etc.
• Sec. 1443, Pg. 628 – The government will give “Multi-Stake Holdersâ€￾ pre-rulemaking input into selection of “qualityâ€￾ measures.
• Sec. 1443, Pg. 630-31, Lines 9-24, 1-9 – Those Multi-Stake Holder groups include unions and groups like ACORN deciding what constitutes quality.
• Sec. 1444, Pg. 632, Lines 14-25 – The government may implement any “Quality measureâ€￾ of HC services that bureaucrats see fit.
• Sec. 1444, Pg. 632-333, Lines 14-25, 1-9 – The Secretary may issue nonendorsed “Quality Measuresâ€￾ for physician and dialysis services.
• Sec. 1251 (beginning), Pg. 634 to 652 – “Physician Payments Sunshine Provisionâ€￾ – government wants to shine sunlight on Doctors but not government. “Reports on financial relationships between manufacturers and distributors . . . and between physicians and other health care entities.â€￾
• Sec. 1501 (beginning), Pg. 659-670 – Doctors in Residency – government will tell you where your residency will be, thus where you’ll live.
• Sec. 1503 (beginning), Pg. 675-685 – Government will regulate hospitals in EVERY aspect of residency programs, including teaching hospitals.
• Sec. 1601 (beginning), Pg. 685-699 – Increased funding to fight waste, fraud, and abuse. (Like the government with an $18 million website?)
• Sec. 1619, Pg. 700-703 – If your part of HC plan isn’t in the government’s HC Exchange but you qualify for federal aid, you don’t have to pay.
• Sec. 1128G, Pg. 704-708 – If the Secretary determines there is a “significant risk of fraudulent activity,â€￾ on HC provider or supplier, the government can do a background check.
• Sec. 1632, Pg. 710, Lines 8-14 – The Secretary has broad powers to deny HC providers and suppliers admittance into HC Exchange. Your doctor could be thrown out of business.
• Sec. 1637, Pg. 718-719 – ANY Doctor who orders durable medical equipment or home medical services is REQUIRED to be enrolled in, or eligible for, Medicare.
• Sec. 1639, Pg. 721 – Government MANDATES that Doctors must have face-to-face with patient to certify patient for home health services.
• Sec. 1639, Pg. 723-24, Lines 23-25, 1-5 – The same government certifications will apply to Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s health plan: Your kids).
• Sec. 1640, Pg. 723, Lines 16-22 – The government reserves right to apply face-to-face certification for patient to ANY other HC service.
• Sec. 1651, Pg. 734, Lines 16-25 – Proposes, for law enforcement sake, that the Secretary of HHS will give Attorney General access to ALL medical data.
• Sec. 1701 (beginning), Pg. 739-756 – The government sets guidelines for subsidizing the uninsured (and you have to pay for them).
• Sec. 1704, Pg. 756-761 – The government will shift burden of payments to Disproportionate Share Hospitals (DSH) to states (your taxes).
• Sec. 1711, Pg. 764 – The government will require preventative services – including vaccinations (no choice).
• Sec. 1713, Pg. 768 – Government-determined Nurse Home Visitation Services (Hello union paybacks).
• Sec. 1713, Pg. 768, Lines 3-5 – Nurse Home Visit Services – Service #1: “Improving maternal or child health and pregnancy outcomes or increasing birth intervals between pregnancies.â€￾ Compulsory ABORTIONS?
• Sec. 1713, Pg. 768, Lines 11-14 – Nurse Home Visit Services include determinations of economic self-sufficiency, employment advancement and school-readiness.
• Sec. 1714, Pg. 769 – Federal government mandates eligibility for State Family Planning Services. Abortion and government control intertwined.
• Sec. 1733, Pg. 788-798 – Government will set and mandate drug prices, therefore controlling which drugs are brought to market. (Goodbye innovation and private research.)
• Sec. 1744, Pg. 796-799 – Establishes PAYMENTS for graduate medical education. The government will now control your doctor’s education.
• Sec.1751, Pg. 800 – The government will decide which Health Care conditions will be paid. Say “RATION!â€￾
• Sec. 1759, Pg. 809 – Billing Agents, clearinghouses, or other alternate payees are required to register. The government takes over private payment systems too.
• Sec. 1801, Pg. 819-823 – The Government will identify individuals “likely to be ineligibleâ€￾ for subsidies. Will access all personal financial information.
• Sec. 1802, Pg. 823-828 – Government sets up Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund. Another bottomless tax pit.
• Sec. 4375, Pg. 828-832, Lines 12-16 – Government will impose a fee on ALL private health insurance plans, including self-insured, to pay for Trust Fund!
• Sec. 4377, Pg. 835, Lines 11-13 – Fees imposed by government for Trust Fund shall be treated as if they were taxes.
• Sec. 440, Pg. 837-839 – The government will design and implement Home Visitation Program for families with young kids and families that are expecting children.
• Sec. 1904, Pg. 843-844 – This Home Visitation Program includes the government coming into your house and teaching/telling you how to parent!
• Sec. 2002, Pg. 858 – The government will establish a Public Health Fund at a cost of $88,800,000,000 (That’s Billions).
• Sec. 2201, Pg. 864 – The government will MANDATE the establishment of a National Health Service Corps.
• Sec. 2201 – “Fulfillment of Obligated Service Requirementâ€￾
• Sec. 2201, Pg. 864-875 – The NHS Corps is a program where Doctors perform mandatory HC for 2 years for partial loan repayment.
• Sec. 2212, Pg. 875-891 – The government takes over the education of Medical students and Doctors through education and loans.
• Sec. 340L, Pg. 897 – The government will establish a Public Health Workforce Corps to ensure an adequate supply of public health professionals.
• Sec. 340L, Pg. 897 – The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of civilian employees of the United States as Secretary deems necessary.
• Sec. 340L, Pg. 897 – The Public Health Workforce Corps shall consist of officers of Regular and Reserve Corps of Service.
• Sec. 340M, Pg. 899 – The Public Health Workforce Corps includes veterinarians. Will animals have heath care too?
• Sec. 2233, Pg. 909 – The government will develop, build and run Public Health Training Centers.
• Sec. 2241, Pg. 912-913 – Government starts a HC affirmative action program under the guise of diversity scholarships.
• Sec. 2251, Pg. 915 – Government MANDATES cultural and linguistic competency training for HC professionals.
• Sec. 3111, Pg. 931 – The government will establish a Preventative and Wellness Trust fund, with initial cost of $30,800,000,000 (Billions more).
• Sec. 3121, Pg. 934, Lines 21-22 – Government will identify specific goals and objectives for prevention and wellness activities. More control of your life.
• Sec. 3121, Pg. 935, Lines 1-2 – The government will develop “Healthy People & National Public Health Performance Standards.â€￾ They will tell us what to eat?
• Sec. 3131, Pg. 942, Lines 22-25 – “Task Force on Community Preventive Services.â€￾ More government? Under the Offices of Surgeon General, Public Health Services, Minority Health and Women’s Health.
• Sec. 3141, Pg. 949-979 – BIG GOVERNMENT core public health infrastructure includes workforce capacity, lab systems, health information systems, etc.
• Sec. 2511, Pg. 992 – Government will establish school-based “healthâ€￾ clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!
• Sec. 399Z-1, Pg. 993 – School-Based Health Clinics will be integrated into the school environment. More government brainwashing in school.
• Sec. 2521, Pg. 1000 – The government will establish a National Medical Device Registry. Will you be tracked?
 
Dell,
Does the truth even matter to you AT ALL???....or is it just about using any tactic, no matter how much of a lie and no matter how sleazy, unethical and immoral, that you republicans can use to defeat anything but the status quo? Show us all exactly where the "death panels" are in the bill. Of course you won't - because you can't - because it's not there. You pretend that you've actually read the House legislation...but of course, that's not true, either. 😛 That's the nature of the BIG LIE. You keep telling it louder and louder hoping to drown out the truth...but in this case, you've been so CLEARLY EXPOSED that there is no way that your lies can stand. Keep screaming all you want Dell. In the end, it won't matter.

Section 123:
1) IN GENERAL- There is established a private-public advisory committee which shall be a panel of medical and other experts to be known as the Health Benefits Advisory Committee to recommend covered benefits and essential, enhanced, and premium plans.

And if it ain't recommended or covered and you need it you are going to die.......

Read away Friend.....


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Try again Dude.

Show me where that is in any plan being proposed.

Not according to Democratic New York State Senator Ruben Diaz, Chairman of the New York State Senate Aging Committee, who writes:

Section 1233 of House Resolution 3200 puts our senior citizens on a slippery slope and may diminish respect for the inherent dignity of each of their lives.... It is egregious to consider that any senior citizen ... should be placed in a situation where he or she would feel pressured to save the government money by dying a little sooner than he or she otherwise would, be required to be counseled about the supposed benefits of killing oneself, or be encouraged to sign any end of life directives that they would not otherwise sign. :lol:
 
Piney -
First of all, please don't equate the validity of the arguments. Dell has consistently ducked the most basic question to show all of us exactly where the "death panels" are in the legislation. Of course, he can't because it's just not there. If the debate can't be waged honestly...then it's not really a debate. It's just noise.

Secondly,
While you want to point to the DMV, why don't you also acknowledge the same people that we count on to heroically save the lives of our soldiers wounded in the field?...the same people that we count on to defend our shores?...the same people we count on to respond when we dial 911 because a house is on fire? or someone is having a heart attack? or the same people we count on to reliably get a letter cross country in 3 days for less than 50 cents? I'm a big fan of FedEx, but try walking in there with 50 cents to send a letter and then wait to see how long it will take them to stop laughing!

While I doubt there is anyone here who is a more proud capitalist than I am, there are some things that are NOT best left in the hands of the free market. National defense, police, fire, transportation infrastructure - all are good examples of things that should not be driven by profit motives. Every other industrialized country in the world has - to one degree or another - figured out that health care coverage belongs on that list, and most of those countries have far better outcomes than the current US system.

IMHO, the truly valid debate here is whether health care coverage can and/or should be reformed under a market-based model (tax incentives, removal of the insurance company buffer between patients and doctors as a method to reduce costs via competition, etc) vs. a model that includes more government involvement (as most countries have done). THAT would be an actual debate...not big lies like "death panels."
 
Piney -
First of all, please don't equate the validity of the arguments. Dell has consistently ducked the most basic question to show all of us exactly where the "death panels" are in the legislation. Of course, he can't because it's just not there. If the debate can't be waged honestly...then it's not really a debate. It's just noise.

Secondly,
While you want to point to the DMV, why don't you also acknowledge the same people that we count on to heroically save the lives of our soldiers wounded in the field?...the same people that we count on to defend our shores?...the same people we count on to respond when we dial 911 because a house is on fire? or someone is having a heart attack? or the same people we count on to reliably get a letter cross country in 3 days for less than 50 cents? I'm a big fan of FedEx, but try walking in there with 50 cents to send a letter and then wait to see how long it will take them to stop laughing!

While I doubt there is anyone here who is a more proud capitalist than I am, there are some things that are NOT best left in the hands of the free market. National defense, police, fire, transportation infrastructure - all are good examples of things that should not be driven by profit motives. Every other industrialized country in the world has - to one degree or another - figured out that health care coverage belongs on that list, and most of those countries have far better outcomes than the current US system.

IMHO, the truly valid debate here is whether health care coverage can and/or should be reformed under a market-based model (tax incentives, removal of the insurance company buffer between patients and doctors as a method to reduce costs via competition, etc) vs. a model that includes more government involvement (as most countries have done). THAT would be an actual debate...not big lies like "death panels."


Lemme stop by an
'splain it to you like a let down chart Dude.....

1) IN GENERAL- There is established a private-public advisory committee which shall be a panel of medical and other experts to be known as the Health Benefits Advisory Committee to recommend covered benefits :shock: and essential, enhanced, and premium plans.

Or are you a right seat kinda guy? :lol:
 
Lemme stop by an 'splain it to you like a let down chart Dude.....
What was that?

Dumbing down is not going to further your cause among those with the facts.

You still cannot point to anything to support your claim of rationing of care or death panels.

You provided a link to the Library of Congress as your latest attempt to prove what is not there?

Just admit that what you are claiming is not there.

I have posted all of the proposals. I will again ask you to pluck the portion that mentions care rationing.

This is not a debate any longer unless you are willing to argue facts. There are plenty of those out there.
 

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