Posted on 04/03/2010 1:48:18 PM PDT by John Semmens
Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman says that the recently enacted healthcare legislation will end up saving the US government money in the long run.
Right now, a huge proportion of the nations health spending goes to prolonging the lives of the terminally ill, Krugman pointed out. By instituting a government review of both patients and treatments this waste of resources can be eliminated.
Characterizing this review as a death panel, as critics like Sarah Palin have done, is overly melodramatic. Krugman said. Denying futile treatment isnt the same as putting someone to death. I mean, everyone dies. Its merely a question of when. Logically, theres no sense expending the nations scarce resources trying to avert an event that is ultimately inevitable.
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Thanks for the ping to a real head shaker John.
Such a policy is beyond the pale. Since we’re all victims of a fatal disease called life, I guess they can deny medical treatment to any one of us if we don’t kowtow to their every dictum!
Spending = saving. Jah, satire. These clowns should be in jail.
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Ok I know this is satire but sadly this is exactly the sort of insanity I could see Krugman arguing. Why does anyone take this guy seriously? Has he ever been right?
Golden, John
Actually, even the expense of the death panels can be easily eliminated. Tell every doctor that if he authorizes expenditures totaling more than say $1,000 per year on a terminally ill patient, he will be dropped as a service provider.
I think the government should tell Krugman that to save money he should never eat anything again!!!
They didn’t mention Obama’s Chicago roulette. Six shells in a revolver.
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