Re: HealthCare
I am gravely concerned about what is happening in the healthcare debate. It is terribly partisan. The result will be exactly what we fear, euthanasia. The democratic proposal is problematic because of the abortion and euthanasia that will continue to ensue. The republican response falsely claims to be against euthanasia. The problem is that the government and the insurance companies both want euthanasia to save money.
I saw this 1st hand a month ago when my mother died. The hospital, insurance company, and hospice put a strong hard sell on my sister (who had power of attorney) to pull the IV and send mom to hospice. Mom, age 84, had been improving very slowly, but improving nonetheless. There were several medications that could have been tried, but the hospital had no interest, and said there was nothing that could be done for her.
I believe that the real interest here was that Medicare was not paying enough to satisfy the hospital. I thought that mom’s additional private health care policy would have solved that problem, but apparently not. I have never seen so much pressure from medical people to stop treatment.
Treatment was eventually stopped and my mom died within 4 days.
The democrats clamor for healthcare. The republicans clamor against it, but this is only misdirection. Neither the government, nor the insurance companies and hospitals can be trusted where money is concerned. We need some form of healthcare improvement, but it must put us back in control, not the insurance companies. A free market must be re-established in health care.
I do not know the answer, but both of the alternatives put forth lead to euthanasia,
Regards,
Anonymous Jasper
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[JR: The end of life decision is the most difficult. One can only guess what the eventual outcome would have been. Rationing either by Insurance or by one's own pocketbook is tough. I can only imagine if the "DMV POST OFFICE" is in charge. Neither "party" is trustworthy. My POV is that the further from the individual the more the decision can be abused for the "wrong" reasons. I haven't had to made that tough decision yet, but expect to have to sooner or later.]
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