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Finance Committee drops end-of-life provision
The Hill ^ | 8-13-09 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 08/13/2009 11:53:07 AM PDT by nomoremods

The Senate Finance Committee will drop a controversial provision on consultations for end-of-life care from its proposed healthcare bill, its top Republican member said Thursday.

The committee, which has worked on putting together a bipartisan healthcare reform bill, will drop the controversial provision after being derided as "death panels" to encourage euthanasia by conservatives.

"On the Finance Committee, we are working very hard to avoid unintended consequences by methodically working through the complexities of all of these issues and policy options," Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said in a statement. "We dropped end-of-life provisions from consideration entirely because of the way they could be misinterpreted and implemented incorrectly."

(Excerpt) Read more at briefingroom.thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohealthcare; bill; endoflife; euthanasia; grassley; healthcare; hr3200; itcanbeputbacklater; palin; sarahpalin
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To: SolidWood; euram; Al B.; Jeff Head; Sarah Barracuda

This is worth a Palin Ping!


21 posted on 08/13/2009 12:25:57 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: KarlInOhio

dittos ... dead on.


22 posted on 08/13/2009 12:26:11 PM PDT by Tarpon (The Joker's plan -- Slavery by debt so large it can never be repaid...)
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To: nomoremods

Here’s the deal...it should never have had to been pointed out to ANY of you. That fact alone says all that needs saying.

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23 posted on 08/13/2009 12:29:10 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: nomoremods

Sarah Palin, there is about 1000 other items in the bill you can work on while you are at it. You pick one of them a day until Congress gets back in session.


24 posted on 08/13/2009 12:31:15 PM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: nomoremods

Still not satisfied. I want this ENTIRE bill to FAIL. The entire bill is full of crap. SO basically the Finance Committee is ADMITTING that there are indeed DEATH PANELS in the bill. So wait, Sarah Palin was right after all..but but, the media said she was nothing but a crazy kook. Sarah has more common sense then any of those dumb asses in Washington, but I won’t be satisfied until this bill fails in its entirety


25 posted on 08/13/2009 12:31:15 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: nomoremods

So the provision was there before it wasn’t there and now it’s really not there...at this time.


26 posted on 08/13/2009 12:32:01 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: nomoremods
Sarah Palin's "death panels" was too much to overcome. Small victory for everyone and we must keep up the pressure.

You are exactly correct. With only two words Palin has succeeded in getting those end-of-life consultations taken out of any health care reform. The woman is brilliant. With two pointed words, Palin gained control of the argument and put the Democrats on the defensive. It got every one to focus a specific section of the bill. And with that inspection of the specific language and lively debate about its contents, it will be deleted from any final bill. She was masterful.

And yes, this is a small victory, and we must keep up the pressure. Perhaps Palin will help out again with her ability to cut through all the BS with one or two well-chosen chosen word.

27 posted on 08/13/2009 12:33:49 PM PDT by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Here, here - completely agree. And that will be up to us keeping the pressure on, those wonderful town hall patriots and our defacto leader, Sarah Palin.

Perhaps Mitt and others want to jump in and help a girl out?


28 posted on 08/13/2009 12:45:38 PM PDT by nomoremods
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To: nomoremods

Anything “dropped” now, will be put back in conference committee.


29 posted on 08/13/2009 12:46:30 PM PDT by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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To: nomoremods

So somehow this makes the bill more palatable?

Is the Senate Finance committee even in session?


30 posted on 08/13/2009 12:47:41 PM PDT by Boiling Pots (Angry Mobster)
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To: nomoremods

Here, here - completely agree. And that will be up to us keeping the pressure on, those wonderful town hall patriots and our defacto leader, Sarah Palin.

Perhaps Mitt and others want to jump in and help a girl out?


Nah, they won’t help her out. In fact, they are distancing themselves from her, but you know what, at the end, Sarah will get the credit she deserves for helping to bring down this bill. This is a good start but I won’t be satisfied until this bill is shredded and never heard from again.
Sean Hannity is talking about this right now. He is saying she is 100 percent right. Who knew that two little words “Death Panel” would make such a huge difference. This is what she meant by “Not needing a title to help people” she doesn’t need a title, she could never have done this being confined to the Governor’s office.


31 posted on 08/13/2009 12:50:09 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: nomoremods

There goes the “not raising the deficit by one penny”.

And they’ll put the proviso back in the future, under the gradualism strategy of socialism.


32 posted on 08/13/2009 1:00:28 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Fish rot from the head down.)
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To: nomoremods

Obongo’s “free health care” bill is about to be euthanized


33 posted on 08/13/2009 1:00:49 PM PDT by dennisw (Free Republic is an island in a sea of zombies)
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To: nomoremods

There is only one way to rest with this bill and that is to drive an oaken stake through its heart so that it is dead, dead, dead.


34 posted on 08/13/2009 1:01:33 PM PDT by Concho
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To: nomoremods

Just how many of these bills are there? AND NO MATTER WHAT THESE BERKS SAY, WHEN THEY GET THE THING INTO CONFERENCE COMMITTEE IT WILL PUT IT ALL BACK AND THEN SOME. I would be surprised if it didn’t end up ordering airplanes. And watch it get passed and signed without any chance for anyone to read what comes out of conference committee. Better get Obama to pledge that he’ll give the public that review period he promised.


35 posted on 08/13/2009 1:02:02 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Why Does Obama Want Health Care in 4 Weeks When it Took Him 6 Months to Pick a Dog?)
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To: Jeff Head

There is more in this bill than shovel Grannie under, as you know. These parts need to be pointed out and emphasized.


36 posted on 08/13/2009 1:04:28 PM PDT by Little Bill (Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
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To: nomoremods

Only 1000 pages to cut left


37 posted on 08/13/2009 1:04:53 PM PDT by GeronL (http://unitedcitizen.blogspot -Guilty of deviationism- http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: tennmountainman
I can envision that grandma character from Clint Eastwoods movie “Any Which Way But Loose”. Remember the grandma that had the shotgun!

Similar to Mad Max. One of my favorite scenes.

38 posted on 08/13/2009 1:05:30 PM PDT by matt1234
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To: nomoremods

The liberals will just put it back in the next federal law or regulation they can hide it in.

The only way to stop this is to give health care back to the states.


39 posted on 08/13/2009 1:09:20 PM PDT by donna (Synonyms: Feminism, Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism)
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To: nomoremods

Drop from Senate “version” - only to slip back in under the dark of night when they get together with the House

KILL the entire BILL !!


40 posted on 08/13/2009 1:09:50 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (Obama-scare is the "real" Cash for Clunker Program!)
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