To: Scanian
I would think senior citizens would be up in arms abut this. Imagine an active senior citizen of 83, who lives alone, and is fully independent falling and fracturing a hip. They are now told that repairing the hip so they could continue to lead an independent life would be too costly at their age and they should spend the rest of their days confined to a wheelchair in a nursing home. I know many seniors who are active and vibrant well into their 80s or even 90s who would be denied treatment simply because they are deemed too old.
I shudder to think of the fate of babies born with serious defects who would be just be left to die because their treatment is too costly.
4 posted on
03/08/2009 7:31:32 AM PDT by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: The Great RJ
AARP should be all over this issue but I’m not aware of any interest on their part. It is a straight-up Democrat operation as far as I can tell.
5 posted on
03/08/2009 7:51:08 AM PDT by
Scanian
To: The Great RJ
Waaay too many older voters are Democrapic Partei members. Let ‘em rot.
They voted for medical benefits they had not paid for - so, in what way are they different from OctoMom or any other breeder of bastards on a government subsidy?
Gimme Pigs, all of ‘em.
10 posted on
03/09/2009 11:19:03 AM PDT by
GladesGuru
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