Death Panels or Not - m'Bonga wants Rationed Care...
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Death Panels may be out of the bill, but...
DEADLY DOCTORS - New York Post
"But Emanuel wants doctors to look beyond the needs of their patients and consider social justice, such as whether the money could be better spent on somebody else."
"Many doctors are horrified by this notion; they'll tell you that a doctor's job is to achieve social justice one patient at a time."
Emanuel, however, believes that "communitarianism*" should guide decisions on who gets care. He says medical care should be reserved for the non-disabled, not given to those "who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens . . . An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia" (Hastings Center Report, Nov.-Dec. '96).
*Nationalistic Communism
From Instapundit comes the perfect distillation of thedeath Health Care debate...
Obama: I'm going to turn healthcare upside down. Not sure how.
People: I don't think I'll like this.
Obama: Haters!
Death Panels may be out of the bill, but...
DEADLY DOCTORS - New York Post
"But Emanuel wants doctors to look beyond the needs of their patients and consider social justice, such as whether the money could be better spent on somebody else."
"Many doctors are horrified by this notion; they'll tell you that a doctor's job is to achieve social justice one patient at a time."
Emanuel, however, believes that "communitarianism*" should guide decisions on who gets care. He says medical care should be reserved for the non-disabled, not given to those "who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens . . . An obvious example is not guaranteeing health services to patients with dementia" (Hastings Center Report, Nov.-Dec. '96).
*Nationalistic Communism
From Instapundit comes the perfect distillation of the
Obama: I'm going to turn healthcare upside down. Not sure how.
People: I don't think I'll like this.
Obama: Haters!
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