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I just hope those who are denied medical care because they are seniors scream loud and clear that they will die or be seriously impaired because they are not receiving life saving treatment. The liberal media will be silent. Yet, when Democrats were drumming up support for prescription coverage under Medicare during the Bush administration, the media was parading seniors front and center saying they were having to choose between food and drugs.

The silence on this issue will be deafening.

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My father has Alzheimers and is in-and-out of dementia.

He has a medical problem, one that is not immediately life threatening that requires a very involved surgery. Because of the complexity and length of the surgery and the amount of anesthesia involved, it means he may never recover his sensibilities or any lucidity, and may be totally demented afterwards.

In his present state he is aware of the problem. It scares the Hell our of him. He wishes he were dead.

His doctors ( yes, plural) and I agree that he can live for years with what is ailing him but he may have only a few months or at most 14 months with the Alzheimers. It is not worth losing his sanity to have him undergo an involved surgery that will not do anything to truly extend his quality of life or length thereof.