A life-saving cancer treatment “may not be reasonable and necessary”? Gee, that kind of decision-making by an unelected federal bureaucracy certainly sounds like a death panel to me.
Posted on 08/15/2010 10:28:21 AM PDT by radioone
And you are completely free to spend $8000 for your Dad.
The question is whether the treatment should be paid for by Medicare.
After all, you are spending money that belongs to all taxpayers. It is not a bottomless pit of gold.
If we want fiscal responsibility, we must make some choices. Is this a good choice, or bad choice?
Medicare used to require that the Dr have a face to face visit with each patient at least once a month. No more.
I expect this will become the norm for all hospital and nursing home medicine under obamacare. Get used to it.
If Obama stays Pres_ent, and the DEMS stay in charge, I'd just as soon skip the extra 4 months.
Otherwise, there will be no money left to bury me.
“If we want fiscal responsibility, we must make some choices. Is this a good choice, or bad choice?
OK, let me put it another way. I would have gladly put in the .00001 cents to keep your Dad alive, too ... if that is what you all wished.
My aunt was a gung-ho Obama supporter, particularly with regard to so-called health care reform. I tried to set her straight early on before the legislation passed and I believe she did understand this wasn’t going to be the utopia Obama and his henchmen promised. My uncle though, a one-time union man, thought I was nuts. He would continue to sing the praises of Obama at every family gathering.
Well now the consequences of this so-called reform are becoming real and personal. Although I’m unhappy that my uncle is not receiving the treatment he should, I’m glad in a way because this is giving him a glimpse into the future of health care, and he doesn’t like it. Perhaps I have converted him. I hope so.
I know you would. Thank you.
So I assume your answer is 'bad choice'?
I wonder what the success rate of this 'vaccine' is?
It is FDA approved. It is currently paid for. (there are other covered drugs that are paid for that are NOT FDA APPROVED).
The Medical Insurers are not sure how they will handle the new "MEDICINE MAN(CZAR)" proclamation.
It may yet be covered, though not as fully.
Amen to that!!
“I wonder what the success rate of this ‘vaccine’ is? It is FDA approved. It is currently paid for. (there are other covered drugs that are paid for that are NOT FDA APPROVED). The Medical Insurers are not sure how they will handle the new “MEDICINE MAN(CZAR)” proclamation. It may yet be covered, though not as fully.”
I confess I do not know the answers to success rate, etc. I think that since all the due diligence (for what it is worth) has been done, as you rightly point out, the denial to provide it is chilling.
This is the refusal to administer “the shot” that will be heard ‘round the world. I welcome opening this discussion just before the mid-terms.
btt passing on to my cousin who is a breast cancer survivor.
A life-saving cancer treatment “may not be reasonable and necessary”? Gee, that kind of decision-making by an unelected federal bureaucracy certainly sounds like a death panel to me.
Me too, with both my mom and dad. They both died of cancer.
Yeah. I'm leaning that way too.
I love that tag line ...
I think that is a terrible mistake. Terminal is an educated opinion of a doctor, but life can be very tenacious. I know a number of people who blew "terminal" out the water and are living happy, healthy lives.
Unless someone is in terrible, unmanageable pain they should give their body every chance possible for it to live.
Precisely! This pertains to the ever-so compliant media as well (who have overwhelmingly failed at journalism as it once was known). Any incident, question or action perceived as "negative" about this president or administration is "verboten."
Snip:
Etymology: German, from Old High German farboten, past participle of farbioten to forbid (akin to Old English forbēodan to forbid), from far-, fur- for- + biotan to offer — more at bid Date: 1916
: forbidden; especially : prohibited by dictate
The best/worst is yet to come...hang in there!
Love that nasty dog......:O) LOL
Never heart patient saying that...
Was I talking to the patient? Or was I talking to your nonsensical little rant?
Tell that to the chemo patient who desperately wants to live just a few more months so they can be there for the birth of their grand child..
Happens every day, bunny.
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