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Palin goes on attack after Emanuel's 'Complete Lives System'
The Hill's Blog Briefing ^ | 08/14/2009 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 08/14/2009 6:51:27 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand


@ 8:23 am by Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) praised a Senate committee's decision to drop an end-of-life provision from its healthcare reform bill, but continued to pound away at the overall bill — especially a proposal by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel.

"It's gratifying that the voice of the people is getting through to Congress," Palin said in a new note on her Facebook page posted early Friday morning of the Senate Finance Committee's decision to drop end-of-life consultations from its health bill. (The Alaska politician had derided those consultations as "death panels" seeking to aid the euthanasia of the elderly.)

"However, that provision was not the only disturbing detail in this legislation; it was just one of the more obvious ones," Palin added.

Palin alleged that Emanuel, a White House healthcare adviser and brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, would advocate a "Complete Lives System," which "if enacted, would refuse to allocate medical resources to the elderly, the infirm, and the disabled who have less economic potential."

President Obama's silence on the Complete Lives System is troubling, the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate asserted, and called on the president to answer questions about the theory.

"Why the silence from the president on this aspect of his nationalization of health care? Does he agree with the 'Complete Lives System'?" Palin asked. "If not, then why is Dr. Emanuel his policy advisor? What is he advising the president on?"

The note marks the latest in a series of attacks Palin has launched on the president's heatlhcare reform proposals, and signals that while the conservative Republican had managed a small political victory over end-of-life care, she would continue to hammer away against Obama.

"We must stop and think or we may find ourselves losing even more of our freedoms," she wrote.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhohealthcare; completelivessystem; deathpanels; doctordeath; drzeke; endoflife; euthanasia; ezekielemanuel; killtheweak; obamahatesgranny; palin
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To: the invisib1e hand
Thank you for posting this article ... I am glad to have the link

and Sarah also wrote ...

...” The president is busy assuring us that we can keep our private insurance plans, but common sense (and basic economics) tells us otherwise. The public option in the Democratic health care plan will crowd out private insurers, and that’s what it’s intended to do. A single payer health care plan has been President Obama’s agenda all along, though he is now claiming otherwise. Don’t take my word for it. Here’s what he said back in 2003:

{“I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan.... A single payer health care plan – universal health care plan – that’s what I would like to see.” ]
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Sarah is articulate and clear about the facts in the bill.
Pay attention to everyone.

also from a previous posting by Sarah
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“In the legislation that has been reported we do not see the sort of fundamental changes that would be necessary to reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount. And on the contrary, the legislation significantly expands the federal responsibility for health care costs.” [7]

Dr. Elmendorf went on to note that this health care legislation would increase spending at an unsustainable rate.

Our nation is already $11.5 trillion in debt. Where will the money come from? Taxes, of course. And will a burdensome new tax help our economy recover? Of course not. The best way to encourage more health care coverage is to foster a strong economy where people can afford to purchase their own coverage if they choose to do so. The current administration’s economic policies have done nothing to help in this regard.

Health care is without a doubt a complex and contentious issue, but health care reform should be a market oriented solution. There are many ways we can reform the system and lower costs without nationalizing it.

The economist Arthur Laffer has taken the lead in pushing for a patient-center health care reform policy. He noted in a Wall Street Journal article earlier this month:

“A patient-centered health-care reform begins with individual ownership of insurance policies and leverages Health Savings Accounts, a low-premium, high-deductible alternative to traditional insurance that includes a tax-advantaged savings account. It allows people to purchase insurance policies across state lines and reduces the number of mandated benefits insurers are required to cover. It reallocates the majority of Medicaid spending into a simple voucher for low-income individuals to purchase their own insurance. And it reduces the cost of medical procedures by reforming tort liability laws.” [8]

Those are real reforms that we can live with and afford. Once again, I warn my fellow Americans that if we go down the path of nationalized health care, there will be no turning back. We must stop and think or we may find ourselves losing even more of our freedoms.

- Sarah Palin”
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There is BIG TROUBLE IN THE USA!

61 posted on 08/14/2009 7:55:26 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

>>>> Do you a comprehensive one, esp. w/references to euthenasia? <<<<

I’m reading a lot of his past articles and have found no references to euthanasia.

However he has become more “political” in recent years and more of a committed advocate of 100 percent government health care, with no private insurers, complete government dominance of the “delivery system”, and explicit restrictions on the kind of care mentioned in the article “Principles for allocation of scarce medical interventions” which I reference above.


62 posted on 08/14/2009 7:56:03 AM PDT by angkor (The U.S. Congress is at war with America.)
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To: the invisib1e hand

I’m voting for Sarah, I don’t give a crap who wins the primary. She has more cojones than the entire RNC combined.


63 posted on 08/14/2009 7:56:22 AM PDT by jwalsh07 (CommieCare: Need a Stent, Take a Red Pill. Next!)
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To: the invisib1e hand
Dr. Zeke's "Complete Life System." Nice.

Complete Lives System. Notice the subtle but telling difference. It's not the life of the individual that takes priority, but the lives of the collective.

64 posted on 08/14/2009 7:56:24 AM PDT by Cooter
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To: the invisib1e hand

And now Sarah can go after Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA) and his bold lies. One-by—one, Sarah, take them down!


65 posted on 08/14/2009 7:57:26 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: angkor
let us know if you find anything that seems to be in agreement with what's referenced here.
66 posted on 08/14/2009 7:58:44 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (STOP OBAMA NOW.)
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To: skeeter
Why did Gov Palin allow the Alaska Dept of Health and Social Services to distribute Living Wills?

If you want to sign an Alaska living will, you can download from the internet.

67 posted on 08/14/2009 7:59:39 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: Cooter
you're right. I knew there was something missing with what I was typing. It's a huge omission: his choice of words has that strutting sense of supreme authority that one would expect from a neo-nazi doctor.

You know, I can barely believe that he used those words. I can barely believe what I'm reading these days. I honestly am beside myself at how fast the world has gone completely insane.

68 posted on 08/14/2009 8:01:23 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (STOP OBAMA NOW.)
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To: the invisib1e hand
I don't know.. but I'd have second thoughts about seeing a doctor who went to The Josef Mengele School of Medicine like Ezekiel Emanuel did.
69 posted on 08/14/2009 8:03:18 AM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: the invisib1e hand
Palin goes on attack after Emanuel's 'Complete Lives System'

Why is it when a conservative calmly and methodically questions the intentions of liberals it's called an attack?

70 posted on 08/14/2009 8:04:05 AM PDT by vortigern
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To: allmendream
Palin is doing more to torpedo Obamacare from FACEBOOK, than the GOP congresscritters are from the marble halls of power.

And receives NO PAYCHECK! While we are supporting the 'do nothings' w/ all the perks, including their best of the best 'healthcare'.
71 posted on 08/14/2009 8:04:50 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Feasor13
There’s an article in the NYTimes today crying about what Palin is doing. I say go after the Kenyan and the rest of the thugs. Turn about is fair play.

They should have never burnt down her church with people inside.

72 posted on 08/14/2009 8:06:42 AM PDT by Kells
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To: netmilsmom
Being a terrific ‘attack dog’ in effect is important ...

What is more important and vital, is an effection President that is on the same page with conservatives.

Rush's stength is in seeing through the BS and informing the public as to the intentions; and proving it by highlighting the actions of the liberals.

Sarah is too valuable to limit herself to doing only these type of reports.

We have several guys doing this now ...Rush, Drudge,
Roger Hitchcock (sp?). Hannity, Ann C., and so on...
Their effect has not been enough.

That is obvious to everyone. Not enough. We must have a strong leader that speaks to the people in a purposeful, truthful way; and that is for reform, and for the strength of the Constitution, etc.

If she is willing to run ... I am for her 100%!

73 posted on 08/14/2009 8:09:38 AM PDT by geologist (The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
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To: Ben Ficklin
To distribute living will information or documents, is one thing.
To have your Federal government MANDATING “end of life counseling” and to have your Government restricting access to care, through rationing, is something else.

Connect the dots.

Obama wants to lower health care costs by allowing the unhealthy to die!

74 posted on 08/14/2009 8:21:04 AM PDT by Kansas58
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To: MrB
She’s not the female Rush,

or the female/next Reagan,

or the next Margaret Thatcher.

We’re looking at the first Sarah Palin.

Good call. She may remind us of them, but you're right, she IS the first Sarah Palin.

75 posted on 08/14/2009 8:24:06 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: Kansas58
You connect the dots.

This is about Palin's Death Panel.

It is on the internet at an Alaska state agency website.

And the key phrase says:"within the limits of generally accepted health care standards".

Palin's Death Panel would set those "accepted health care standards"

76 posted on 08/14/2009 8:31:17 AM PDT by Ben Ficklin
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To: BigBobber
What absolutely kills me is that uhbama is so exceedingly stupid and no one calls him on it...and I mean genuinely stupid. Not the stupid that got nailed to President Bush because he mangled words now and then, uhbama is totally stupid in the 'thinking' dept.

He tells Americans for granny to pop a pill instead of opt for a paceamaker because she is extremely old (over 100 I think) and therefore not worthy of a day, week or month or year of extra life.

He STUPIDLY says doctors provide useless operations.....in a very horrific attempt to BREAK the trust of surgeons and their patients. Just SICK!

77 posted on 08/14/2009 8:33:07 AM PDT by Republic (Uhbama is a LIAR! Uhbama is REALLY A LIAR! UhBAMA LIED TO ALL OF US TODAY!)
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To: supremedoctrine

Sarah Palin is doing the work the GOP just won’t do.


78 posted on 08/14/2009 8:37:26 AM PDT by Kowdawg
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To: supremedoctrine

Sarah Palin is doing the work the GOP just won’t do.


79 posted on 08/14/2009 8:37:35 AM PDT by Kowdawg
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To: VRWCTexan
Sarah's facebook is phenomenal.

"Why the silence from the president on this aspect of his nationalization of health care? Does he agree with the “Complete Lives System”? If not, then why is Dr. Emanuel his policy advisor? What is he advising the president on? I just learned that Dr. Emanuel is now distancing himself from his own work and claiming that his “thinking has evolved” on the question of rationing care to benefit the strong and deny the weak. [2] How convenient that he disavowed his own work only after the nature of his scholarship was revealed to the public at large.

Holy Punc-Eeeq!!! Talk about Evolution by Radical Puntuated Equilibrium. Emanuel is exposed to Sarah's Facebook attack for 24 hours, and he spontaneously undergoes a revolutiionary transformation of his ethics.

I wonder how long Science Policy Czar Dr. Holdren will fail to correct his book's comment that 3-year-olds might not be actual human beings.

80 posted on 08/14/2009 8:40:37 AM PDT by cookcounty ("Education is not the filling of a bucket, but the lighting of a fire." ---Yeats)
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