Saturday, August 1, 2009

‘Kill Granny’ media campaign alarms seniors

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Conservatives lead many to fear bill will lead to ‘euthanasia’ counseling

A campaign on conservative talk radio, fueled by President Obama's calls to control exorbitant medical bills, has sparked fear among senior citizens that the health-care bill moving through Congress will lead to end-of-life "rationing" and even "euthanasia."

The controversy stems from a proposal to pay physicians who counsel elderly or terminally ill patients about what medical interventions they would prefer near the end of life and how to prepare instructions such as living wills.

Under the plan, Medicare would reimburse doctors for one session every five years to confer with a patient about his or her wishes and how to ensure those preferences are followed. The counseling sessions would be voluntary.

But on right-leaning radio programs, religious e-mail lists and Internet blogs, the proposal has been described as "guiding you in how to die," "an ORDER from the Government to end your life," promoting "death care" and, in the words of antiabortion leader Randall Terry, an attempt to "kill Granny."




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3 comments:

jadedj said...

Being a, "senior", citizen, I have to say that what these morons don't know is...MY BRAIN IS STILL FUNCTIONING, and I know bullshit when I see/hear it.

Chimp said...

The Obama hating right couldn't find anything wrong with his health care bill, so they picked on this small benefit and turned it into "Euthanasia".

Punch said...

What is so very, very frighting is that elected leaders are saying that very thing, on the floor of congress. I watch the evening news and think I'm in some Robert Heinlin story line. Just down right scary, as bad or worse than the crap with Joe McCarthy. Complete lies by the lying liars that write them.