Sarah Palin & her "Healthcare Decision Day"

[RoadRage]

Let me know if this has already been posted, and i'll delete the thread. I didn't see anything on the front page, but I haven't been on DU for a few days...

HEALTHCARE DECISION DAY

Sarah Palin sure seems to be talking out both sides of her mouth again.. (Posted, then removed so you can now only veiw the Cached version from the Alaska.gov website). I thought she wanted government OUT of all healthcare decisions??



WHEREAS, Healthcare Decisions Day is designed to raise public awareness of the need to plan ahead for healthcare decisions, related to end of life care and medical decision-making whenever patients are unable to speak for themselves and to encourage the specific use of advance directives to communicate these important healthcare decisions. WHEREAS, in Alaska, Alaska Statute 13.52 provides the specifics of the advance directives law and offers a model form for patient use.

WHEREAS, it is estimated that only about 20 percent of people in Alaska have executed an advance directive. Moreover, it is estimated that less than 50 percent of severely or terminally ill patients have an advance directive.

WHEREAS, it is likely that a significant reason for these low percentages is that there is both a lack of knowledge and considerable confusion in the public about Advance Directives.

WHEREAS, one of the principal goals of Healthcare Decisions Day is to encourage hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, continuing care retirement communities, and hospices to participate in a statewide effort to provide clear and consistent information to the public about advance directives, as well as to encourage medical professionals and lawyers to volunteer their time and efforts to improve public knowledge and increase the number of Alaska’s citizens with advance directives.

WHEREAS, the Foundation for End of Life Care in Juneau, Alaska, and other organizations throughout the United States have endorsed this event and are committed to educating the public about the importance of discussing healthcare choices and executing advance directives.

WHEREAS, as a result of April 16, 2008, being recognized as Healthcare Decisions Day in Alaska, more citizens will have conversations about their healthcare decisions; more citizens will execute advance directives to make their wishes known; and fewer families and healthcare providers will have to struggle with making difficult healthcare decisions in the absence of guidance from the patient.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sarah Palin, Governor of the state of Alaska, do hereby proclaim April 16, 2008, as:

Healthcare Decisions Day in Alaska, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.

[Eric J in MN]

1. Broken link. NT

NT

[RoadRage]

3. I already fixed it.. Thanks!

[Mz Pip]

2. Sarah supports Death Panels.

Using her logic how can anyone think otherwise?

Mz Pip

[Blue_In_AK]

4. That's some good sleuthing, RoadRage

All of her press releases disappeared off the State of Alaska home page immediately after she stepped down, like the next day, and some of us thought they had been completely scrubbed. I'm glad you found this; it demonstrates her pattern of saying one thing and then saying the opposite a little while later, hoping that no one will notice. She is a flake.

[Eric J in MN]

5. Still at governor's website.

But apparently their website code puts the Sean Parnell's name on top of everything:

http://gov.alaska.gov/print_news.php?id=1094

[Blue_In_AK]

11. Probably since it's such an inocuous press release

they let it stand. The bloggers here had been looking for the ones where she was talking about "bogus" ethics complaints and "pathetic anonymous bloggers" and gloating over the dismissed complaints. Those are the ones that seemed to have vanished down the rabbit hole, but someone did finally find them hidden away in the cached files.

[RoadRage]

14. It's tough to hide on the inter-tubes...

:)

[RoadRage]

6. Thanks..

to be honest, someone posted it on my fantasy football message board, so I can't claim credit! I'll take copying credit though. ;)

rr

[rvablue]

7. You have to immediately forward this to KO and Rachel. Unbelievable!

This boils my blood.

She once again has proven what an opportunistic, lying hack she is. :grr:

Excellent find, BTW!

[RoadRage]

8. any idea on where to get their email addy's?

I've tried to email KO before (before the election.. it's been a while).. and it bounced back undeliverable.

[tomm2thumbs]

9. ** VIDEO of What WingNuts think is coming in America - 'Carousel'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhYsWk8l42Q

Classic - that and Soylent Green and all you have to is say 'health care' and all the old Republicans freak.

They have been watching too many movies.

[Island Blue]

10. Quit picking on her children, damnit!!

:rofl:

Nice find.

[RoadRage]

13. I'll lay off Tripp..

err.. wait. Isn't that her GRAND child? Ooops..

Perhaps she'll be hoping they're considering her "end of life care" carefully in about 35 years...

[PA Democrat]

12. Remember the soldiers are fighting for your right to say this...

so "stop making things up." :rofl:

Sarah needs to heed her own warning.

[Eric J in MN]

15. Think Progress has the story.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/13/palin-deathpanel-flipflop/

[RoadRage]

17. AWESOME!

Thanks for the link!

[beac]

16. "NOW, THEREFORE, I, Sarah Palin, Governor of the state of Alaska, do hereby proclaim

that I am an insufferably ignorant asshat."

[Born_A_Truman]

18. Rachel covered this last night!

Great find.