Goathead
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Mon Mar-21-05 08:32 AM
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So, if I'm uninsured and dying of a terminal illness in the hospital |
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The U.S. Congress is going to swoop in as my angel of mercy and not allow the HMOs and Hospital administration to deny me medical care that I need to live? Yeah right, doubtful. Hopefully every person in that scenario will petition Congress for intervention in such cases, let's see what those fuckwits Republican vultures do then.
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cynatnite
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Mon Mar-21-05 08:35 AM
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1. Unless you live in Texas |
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When Bush was gov he signed into law that the hospital can pull life support over the objections of the family members.
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Dhalgren
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Mon Mar-21-05 08:39 AM
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2. That's what I was going to ask. |
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Edited on Mon Mar-21-05 08:40 AM by Dhalgren
Who is going to continue to pay for Shiavo's upkeep? Will the Feds now take on the payments for all patients in the country who are in a vegetated condition? The brain-dead fundies and pro-birth goobers have no realization that this bill is a two-edged sword. If the government can decide who lives, it can also decide who dies. Giving the Feds the right to make these decisions is way beyond "1984"...
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Lerkfish
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Mon Mar-21-05 08:47 AM
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3. that was my question also: that millionaire who offered 1 mil for legal |
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resources to fight to keep the tube in...will he also donate 1 mil for her maintenance care?
er.....not.
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CottonBear
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:14 AM
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4. She's on Medicaid. WE pay for her. n/t |
Dhalgren
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Mon Mar-21-05 09:20 AM
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5. You know, that is one of the things that is so ironic |
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about this whole situation. If she were indigent and fighting for her life, I and most progressives that I know, would strongly advocate that the government pay the bill - and the fundie/pugs would be howling to "pull the plug!" (just like Bush in Texas). But now, that it is a political plus for the anti-Christers to want to "save" an already dead person they beat their breasts and scream "compassion!" - as if they knew the meaning of the word...
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