Posted on 08/24/2009 12:03:48 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Just as the Obama administration tries to reassure people that the government can manage the health-care system more competently than what we have now, one of its single-payer systems demonstrates exactly what we can expect from ObamaCare. The VA mistakenly informed 1200 veterans that they have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a 100% fatal condition. They blamed it on a “coding error” (via JWF):
At least 1,200 veterans across the country have been mistakenly told by the Veterans Administration that they suffer from a fatal neurological disease.
One of the leaders of a Gulf War veterans group says panicked veterans from Alabama, Florida, Kansas, North Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming have contacted the group about the error.
Denise Nichols, the vice president of the National Gulf War Resource Center, says the VA is blaming a coding error for the mistake.
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This is inexcusable and injurious.
If ever there was a good argument against euthanasia, boy, this was it! Now, gentle victims, find yourselves some good lawyers and sue the britches off the jerks who did this to you (and hope I’m on the jury).
See Michelle, I told you that we had plenty of space to put all of the old and worthless Americans and worthless depressed and disabled veterans in and get them out of the way. We could put about 50 million of them in that big hole. Then, we can use their estate taxes to fund the 40 million former illegals, who are now legal citizens and our voters and needing free healthcare.
but ..IT WAS his CHOICE...NO ONE ELSES.
ObommaCare bump!
Did any of them take the “life not worth living” option??
Did any get assisted suicide?
Good Gawd, where is the Special Prosecutor?
Did I miss the DATE when this letter was sent?
The original source article says August 12.
Cash for Coffins
$6500 but you must act now.
We have a better deal with a cremation and a box for our ashes at our church.
Of course we haven’t seen ads to trade in coffin clunkers for new ones made by GM or Chrysler, yet.
Choice is what matters, the closed medical community in small towns can be deadly too.
Yes, a signed copy from Nancy Pelosi. 
Thanks - sometimes finding key data is almost impossible. I would hate to have been on this list for 20 days, but I am glad it was not ten months.
Y’all are missing the point. Problem was coding error on a computer.
And Zero wants EVERYONE’S records on computer in Washington.
Connect the dots here, folks!
I get the feeling these hacks are trying to condition veterans to the idea that the VA system should be folded into their national health care fiasco.
Life is a 100% fatal condition. My evil sister was once mistakenly told by her physician that she had breast cancer. She was relieved to find out he had made a mistake. She was relieved. I just wanted to restate that in order to make it clear who was relieved.
Agreed.
hasn’t stephen hawking had als for like, 30 yrs or so now?
still in regards to veterans hospitals i would recommend a movie called “Article 99” kiefer sutherland, and ray liotta. great movie and (from what i have heard) acurate.
Just as the Obama administration tries to reassure people that the government can manage the health-care system more competently than what we have now, one of its single-payer systems demonstrates exactly what we can expect from ObamaCare.
At least it was a mistake in their favor.
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