Posted on 08/11/2009 4:23:48 PM PDT by leftyontheright
Sarah Palin's charge healthcare reform would lead to government run "death panels" is simply "nuts," Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) said today
(Excerpt) Read more at briefingroom.thehill.com ...
People have been calling his office all day, his staff now denies that he even mentioned Sarah Palin’s name..what a dork..looks like someone is afraid of getting their ass run out of office
Sarah Palin had written on her Facebook page that the House healthcare legislation would lead to government "death panels" deciding which members of society were productive enough to receive healthcare.
UPDATE: Isakson's office has clarified that the Georgia Republican absolutely opposes the House bill, including the "end of life language."
Isakson has offered his own amendment to the Senate HELP Committee bill that would provide for end of life planning, but he argues the House version "incentivises" end of life counseling and provides a government-mandated list of topics.
The House provision is merely another ill-advised attempt at more government mandates, more government intrusion, and more government involvement in what should be an individual choice.�
Nevertheless, Isakson has not backed away from his comments that the "death panel" interpretation of the bill is "nuts."
But of course he can't admit it.
What do you expect from a pro-illegal alien RINO like Issakson...
Seems like Sarah Palin read the legislation, Goober Isakson did not.
Why would the creation of a “board of review” for who has the right to live, and who must take the checkout lane, such a stretch?
We are coming into a time of artificial scarcities, made the more so by those who cannot understand the concept of a growing pie to be divided up. For them, this is a “zero-sum” game, with only limited resources, and by golly if they have to be the ones who limit the resources for everybody else, so be it.
“...someone is afraid of getting their ass run out of office”
We’ll be doing our darndest!
Well he's full of crap on that too:
Q: How did this become a question of euthanasia?
ISAKSON: I have no idea. I understand — and you have to check this out — I just had a phone call where someone said Sarah Palin's web site had talked about the House bill having death panels on it where people would be euthanized. How someone could take an end of life directive or a living will as that is nuts. You're putting the authority in the individual rather than the government. I don't know how that got so mixed up.
I wonder what "nascent-life" counseling expectant mothers with such babies will receive.
Eugenics can't be far off.
Keep taking like that Johnny and maybe Hermain Cain will give you another challenge.
Hopefully he'll run again.
Just another dumbass RINO.
What is it with twithead RINOs
Would LOVE to see Herman Cain run again!
You read my mind!
Isakson Pushes Back on “Death Panels” – But Also on House Democrats’ Bill
But, apparently Obama did not invoke Isakson with the senator’s blessing, and now there is some pushback today from the Georgia Republican who voted against the Senate health reform bill in committee, but did add an end-of-life consultation amendment to it.
“This is what happens when the President and members of Congress don’t read the bills,” says Isakson in a paper statement. “The White House and others are merely attempting to deflect attention from the intense negativity caused by their unpopular policies. I never consulted with the White House in this process and had no role whatsoever in the House Democrats’ bill. I categorically oppose the House bill and find it incredulous that the White House and others would use my amendment as a scapegoat for their misguided policies,” Isakson continued. “My Senate amendment simply puts health care choices back in the hands of the individual and allows them to consider if they so choose a living will or durable power of attorney. The House provision is merely another ill-advised attempt at more government mandates, more government intrusion, and more government involvement in what should be an individual choice.”
In the written statement, Isakson’s office says the House version would “incentivize doctors by offering them money to conduct ‘end-of-life counseling’ with Medicare patients every five years.” And it disagrees with the mandated list of topics doctors providing the counseling must provide to receive the benefit.
He owes Sarah a HUGE apology for calling her a nut. I guess all those phone calls to his office scared him a little
The jackass!
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