I'm glad you brought this up James. I've heard much, mostly phony, outrage from across the USA regarding proposed bills before congress to reform the health care system encouraging euthanasia, especially of the elderly. I feel the outrage is clearly misdirected. Congress has no intention of reforming the health care system in a way that would encourage euthanasia.
However, it should be recognized that the current USA system of health care has a kind of backdoor program of euthanasia, especially euthanasia of the poor. Essentially, those who find health insurance too expensive are told, even when suffering critical illnesses like high blood pressure, heart diseases minor strokes, various kinds of cancer, and all other manor of disease, without medical insurance coverage they cannot be treated, that they should go home to die silently, out of the sight of those who have turned their backs on them. There are approximately 43 million individual in the USA that find themselves without health insurance and just one disease away from being caught in the backdoor euthanasia trap. Many others have had their health insurance canceled when they become ill or contracted a serious disease. Help is denied even though they may have paid for health insurance for years. To add insult to injury, they are then denied health insurance coverage from any other insurance company; because, they now have a pre-existing condition on their record. Health insurance in the USA is badly in need of reform, including a need for a private insurance option. I had much rather pay a little more in income taxes for a universal health care system that worked, than to pay the exorbitant prices charged by the insurance companies whose prices are going to skyrocket over the next 10 years. Regards, LelandJ On 08/18/2009 08:40 AM, James Roark(The Dogstar Group) wrote: > Pete Theisen wrote: >> Philip Borkholder wrote: >> >>> "attempted killing" >>> please Pete. >>> Take your conspiracy theories to the courts, not the health coverage debate. >>> > Sadly I have just returned from Ft. Lauderdale, Fl after 4 days of > looking after my mother, 86, with advanced Alzheimer's. Several > discussions with her doctor resulted in a conversation in which he > stated that the insurance company's and Medicare are already promoting > "Passive Medication" of the elderly that no longer can provide any > positive (I.E. Tax money). "Passive Medication" is defined and basically > not doing anything at all and letting nature takes it course. Kinda like > "Plausable deniability" > He will be leaving the health care system this coming January as is > several of his friends, they just cannot allow themselves to be a part > of this system anymore. > They took an oath to save lives not to allow them to be taken. This is > now - without any kind of "Reform". > I'm 67 and am beginning to become fearful for my life in the future. If > you all would consider one thing.... As you get advanced in age, the > laws you allow to affect us will also effect you. And by that time they > will probably be even more 'advanced'. Once you have ceased to be > productive (I.E. pay taxes) you may also just cease... > Jim > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
