[ponygirl]

If you go to Limbaugh's site and click the part about socialized health care, I believe he states the page numbers there. The translation is basically that your health care will be tracked through a federal computer system. If you get sick, your doctor will have to discuss your diagnosis with the Feds to determine which "level" of treatment you will receive. This will be weighted by your past medical problems and your age. Basically, what this means is they will determine how aggressive your treatment should be based on estimated success of treatment, cost to the government, and how many tax-paying years you have left in you. The money quote from Daschle is (paraphrased), "Seniors are just going to have to accept that some problems come with age instead of trying to treat every little problem."

Bottom line is that on this proposed program, Ted Kennedy right now would be wheeled out in his chair and placed next to the dumpster for the next trash pickup.

[penelopesire]

“Ted Kennedy right now would be wheeled out in his chair and placed next to the dumpster for the next trash pickup.”

So would Arlen Specter! He has already had cancer treatments and is old. He would be put in a hospice to die!

[mmichaels1970]

One of the scarier things I saw (on Rush's transcript) was:

there's a new bureaucracy created, the national coordinator of health information technology -- now, listen to this -- the national coordinator of health information technology will monitor treatments that your doctor gives you to make sure your doctor is doing what the federal government deems appropriate and cost effective.

[WellyP]

This sounds something like what everyone has in Chile. It is a basic level of coverage for everyone and it is paid for with a 9% tax on all wages. Everyone is allowed to carry additional private care coverage. It still comes out to about half of what we pay here and the private coverage is as good as you can get ANYWHERE!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

“Bottom line is that on this proposed program, Ted Kennedy right now would be wheeled out in his chair and placed next to the dumpster for the next trash pickup.”

Every s**tstorm has a silver lining?

[patriotspride]

” Bottom line is that on this proposed program, Ted Kennedy right now would be wheeled out in his chair and placed next to the dumpster for the next trash pickup. “

Can we carve out an exception that this only applies to him???

[newfreep]

We are seeing the face of evil that has been lurking in the shadows. With the zero-bama, it is totally out in the light and daring us to stop it.