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Patient loses right-to-food fight
BBC ^ | 8/8/06 | n/a

Posted on 08/08/2006 9:44:20 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim

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1 posted on 08/08/2006 9:44:21 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
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To: kiriath_jearim

One of the few times the "Nazi" moniker is deserved.


2 posted on 08/08/2006 9:45:27 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Coming soon to a Clinton Administration near you.


3 posted on 08/08/2006 9:47:04 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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right-to-food fight

4 posted on 08/08/2006 9:48:01 AM PDT by Sax (You Done Tore Out My Heart And Stomped That Sucker Flat)
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To: kiriath_jearim

I swear the world is being taken over by ghouls.

Mengele would be proud.


5 posted on 08/08/2006 9:48:22 AM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: kiriath_jearim

If Mr. Burke stays in the UK for longer than it takes to pack and buy a flight out, he deserves what he sees coming.


6 posted on 08/08/2006 9:49:11 AM PDT by Xenalyte (who is having the best day ever!)
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To: kiriath_jearim

Note to all, you must be a convicted, incarcerated felon first in order to get guaranteed food throughout your lifespan whether you want it or not.


7 posted on 08/08/2006 9:50:48 AM PDT by tertiary01 (The latest business model: Socialize the costs- privatize the profits,)
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To: Bigh4u2

They've been pushing this agenda for a hundred years.

The backlash from WWII set them back.

If we didn't have pictures, films, and testimony from survivors, who knows....

The left still thinks the USSR wasn't so bad.


8 posted on 08/08/2006 9:50:53 AM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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Damn! You beat me to it!

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9 posted on 08/08/2006 9:51:34 AM PDT by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: tertiary01

BUMP to that.


10 posted on 08/08/2006 9:51:34 AM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: Xenalyte
If Mr. Burke stays in the UK for longer than it takes to pack and buy a flight out, he deserves what he sees coming.

Where do you suggest he go? If it's here the US taxpayers are going to end up footing the bill.

11 posted on 08/08/2006 9:51:44 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
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There are almost 200 countries in the world, depending on how you count.

I'd maybe pick any country that doesn't want to kill me.


12 posted on 08/08/2006 9:54:27 AM PDT by Xenalyte (who is having the best day ever!)
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He had argued that the GMC's advice, which gives doctors in cases such as his the ultimate say on a patient's in their final stages, was an infringement of his human rights.

But the GMC successfully appealed, saying doctors could be put in an impossible position by the ruling.

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I'm sure there's no reason to believe that doctors can't make the best decisions for us all.

13 posted on 08/08/2006 9:54:38 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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There are almost 200 countries in the world, depending on how you count.

Depends on his financial resources doesn't it. If he has the resources to move and pay for health care in another country, then he probably has the resources to hire private physicians even in the UK. However if he has to go where there is "free health care" like Cuba, then I don't see that he has any right to hang on at the expense of everyone else.

14 posted on 08/08/2006 9:59:12 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
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Sentenced to death by the State, for the crime of living inconveniently.


15 posted on 08/08/2006 9:59:22 AM PDT by MainFrame65
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Michael Schiavo and his ilk must be very pleased.


16 posted on 08/08/2006 10:09:33 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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He would also have to pick a country where taxpayers would be forced to foot the bill for his medical care, and where medical staff would be forced to provide treatment against their wills.


17 posted on 08/08/2006 10:40:27 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: from occupied ga

It doesn't cost that much for a feeding tube if done at home or not in a hospital setting.


18 posted on 08/08/2006 10:41:00 AM PDT by little jeremiah
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It doesn't cost that much for a feeding tube if done at home or not in a hospital setting.

As long as he, his family, or private charity pays for it it's OK with me - they can keep him alive as long as medically possible. It's just when the rest of are forced to pay that I have a problem. Health care isn't a right any more than owning a television or having a vacation is a right (oops the UN says having a vacation IS a right). Yet another reason to eject the UN from the US.

19 posted on 08/08/2006 10:51:24 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
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It doesn't cost that much for a feeding tube if done at home or not in a hospital setting.

As long as he, his family, or private charity pays for it it's OK with me - they can keep him alive as long as medically possible. It's just when the rest of are forced to pay that I have a problem. Health care isn't a right any more than owning a television or having a vacation is a right (oops the UN says having a vacation IS a right). Yet another reason to eject the UN from the US.

20 posted on 08/08/2006 10:51:33 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your most dangerous enemy is your own government)
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