And how old is Specter? He is not dying fast enough for the rest of us!
The old pos could show them the way it’s done, and we’d all be grateful.
Maybe I’m gonna be in the minority here but I’m not sure I disagree with Specter on this particular issue.
He said 27% of health care costs are incurred in the last few days or hours of life
He said no one should tell patients what terminal health care they can have.
But he said we could ask people to consider costs and consider living wills.
I feel pretty much the same way. I don’t want a million dollars to be spent to keep me alive in great pain for a few more days.
Hey Spector! be pro-active and show us how it’s done, you slit nose, turncoat whore.
Hey Specter....Is this your reaction to realizing you have no friends anymore? Who’d trust *you*?
Are you asking the government to foot your healthcare bills?
Do you think it is a conservative position to force other people to pay for your medical bills?
Do you think that you have a right to force other people to pay your medical bills?
Isn't that socialism?
If you do think you have such a right, do you think it wise public policy that government should forgo basic preventative treatment for children that would affect their lifelong productivity to fund healthcare for the terminally ill?
Arlen Specter, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2005 and underwent a complete remission, has been once again diagnosed with the cancer. The recurrence of the lymphoma was detected in April during a routine health exam. Specter had not had any typical lymphoma symptoms and was surprised when it was once again diagnosed.
In 2005, Specter exhibited some typical symptoms before being diagnosed - enlarged lymph nodes and fevers - but this time exhibited no symptoms at all. A lack of symptoms, and the fact that the diagnosis was caught early, has led Specter’s oncologist, Dr. John Glick, to issue a highly optimistic prognosis for the Senator. It is believed that Specter will have a full remission as he did in 2005.
Specter is no stranger to health issues. In addition to his Hodgkin’s diagnosis in 2005, Specter battled a brain tumor twice in 1993 and 1996, and fully recovered from cardiac bypass surgery in 1998. In March 2008, Senator Specter published his memoir, “Never Give In: Battling Cancer in the Senate” in which he details his fight against his lymphoma as well as his perseverance amidst incredible odds.
He’s 80 years old. Stop wasting out tax dollars and die you damn bastard.
The scariest part is when he pushes living wills. A living will is a false hope that you and your family will have the final say in your medical treatment. Not so! It won’t stop the government doctors from making the final decision.
What are you going to do about it, sue them?
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What’s he care? The elite political class have their own health care.
You’ll never find them in line for surgery with the rest of us. You know - - us taxpayers.
That old has-been Spector could off himself. It may not solve the problem as he sees it, but at least he wouldn’t care about it anymore. And woe to any cause in which Benedict Smegma takes an interest.
But elected officials, the elite among us, are entitled to live as long as they wish. Even beyond their use, like Arlen Spector.