Finally some voices of reason. I love it when I read from people that are not buying into all of the hype on both sides of the aisle. I have been avoiding the web because I am so angry about the media coverage. Down here it's dangerous to go listen to your representative speak.
I do believe three committees have put out a preliminary idea, but there's quite a ways to go. What really irks me is that so many "responsible" politicians are screaming about the death boards, when the amendments for end-of-life counseling compensation to doctors and paid assistants in the event you want to make a last will were offered by Republicans. Whether you're on the left or the right, these are good ideas. I admitted my living will about three weeks ago and have made sure that my health-care surrogates list has been updated. I hope everyone else does. Q On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > Relax Glenn. That story been going around the Fox Network and their ilk > for awhile. It's a total lie. If it refers to anything, it might be Nazi > Germany. > > This bill is still in committee. It has a long way to go before it could be > signed into law. Don't believe the scare tactics. Educate YOURSELF. And that > doesn't mean listening to the main stream media. Watch the hearings live on > CNN. Do all the on-line research you can. Watch and listen to the PBS. Do > you know where the US ranks in life expectancy as compared to the rest of > the world's counties? 45th! Check it out here > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy>. Or do > your own research. But please, educate yourself that's the only way > to get the truth. > > Dan > > > At 02:58 PM 8/1/2009, [email protected] said something that elicited my > response: > > > > When everyone calls "whoever they call" before hanging up ask one question: > > "Would Mr./Mrs/Ms ????? sign a pledge to use the same government run health > care system > that they are going to make available to us?" > > John Conyers, head of the government judiciary committee stated, "you would > need 2 attorneys to read > this bill, it would take them at least two weeks, It is too complicated for > me to understand, but I'm voting for it > anyway." > > I'm a historian and before WWII the government took over health care. A > doctor friend of mine stated that we are using the health care systems in > France and Sweden as examples of costs to the government of costs. > > They forget to mention the facts, there are no "nic" units or "elder care" > units. A preemie is allowed to die and if you are deemed none productive, > you get all the morphine you want until it is over. > > You can look at the liberal side or the conservative side, but the truth > lies somewhere in the middle. > > "I'm scared." > > Glenn Henry > > ------------------------------ > >
