I heard someone just the other day scoff at the "mythical death panels" but they are real. What is a myth is the image that the Left has built up in their own mind -- a "death panel" consists of some number of doctors and bureaucrats sitting at a long table, reviewing medical files and sorting them into Life and Death piles. That's a myth. That will never happen.
But what is already happening are financial decisions at insurance companies, with pressure applied at hospitals, about medical choices and payments that will (or will not) be made. It's quiet and it's deniable. But it's a death panel.
Not a myth. It's here. Right now.
Just wait until the power of the state is behind them. They won’t be asking, then...
ping to death panels
It doesn’t look like she is serious about fending off death.
Do we go out of our way with non compliant patients who do nothing to help their situation? Do we force unwanted care on an individual?
Is there an inflexible play book that says that all efforts must be expended to prolong a life? Or do the patient and doctor get a say in the matter. I missed reading where the patients wants and needs were asked in this case.
If you don’t want insurers having input into the end of life process, fund it with your own money.
There are infinite ways to spend multi million dollars in care to buy time to prevent death for months/weeks/days. If we are going to use government power to make all insurers spend multi million dollars for end of life care, insurance will be priced out of reach or will simply go out of business.
Flame away.
WOW, Democrat Jokes That Seniors Should Be Denied
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2598612/posts
Letting boomers die was one of the intended designs of the DeathCare bill. Anyone over 55 not seeing that truth is a fool. Welcome to the next Holocaust. Never Again is here. Thank the Imam and all Democrats and bend over and kiss your rear goodbye. Repeal, immediate repeal, is the only cure. If not, We The People will be removing more Ruling Class politicians ASAP. That message better get transmitted to every elected politician very very loud and crystal clear.
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Triple A surgery is not a benign intervention. There are some that would argue against surgery independent of the cost.
Although I was frustrated by this (very nice) woman's inability or unwillingness to follow a preventive effort, my primary concern here is the aggressive effort to intervene by the insurance doctor.
This is not the only instance of the clamp-down they have been exerting; we've been seeing it in many others ways. For instance, for most of the routine tests we run, including lab work, we have to get the okay of the insurer. Sounds fine, except my staff spends hours every day on the phone telling the insurance person things like "Their last HDL was 67," or nonsense that has nothing to do with justification of testing.