PLANET OF THE CHIMPS #2

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Arizona GOP 'death panel' lets poor patients die

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A law in Arizona that cuts Medicaid funding for certain transplant operations is likely to bring about the deaths of poor residents in need of such procedures.

Starting in October, a measure passed by the Republican-led state legislature began denying Medicaid funds for organ transplants such as bone-marrow, lung, heart and liver transplants, which can be very expensive and are often performed in life-threatening cases.





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Chimp at 8:24 AM
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