So, who’s really looking to kill grandma? We will of course take some snippets from the article linked to, but I have some things I must say first. I would suggest reading the whole Hotair post however. One, it gets tiring to see on a daily basis, that those, (meaning myself of course,) awful, evil conservatives want to kill small children, put old people out into the street, and beat up puppies and kittens. We actually love our parents, grandparents, and children as much as the liberals do. What’s more, we believe that our core policy beliefs will be better for them than those proposed by the other side of the aisle. I also love my pets. I also seem to remember the absolute joy in deriding Governor Palin because she called attention to the, “Death Panels.” The meaning got switched to the end of life counseling program, which created an easy straw man for the Socialists to defeat in a closed debate. (I say closed, since the country stated very loudly and clearly that they wanted nothing to do with this sink hole of a law, and got inflicted with it anyhow.) The term Death Panel referred to a bureaucratic process where a panel of bureaucrats made decisions on who got treatment and what treatment would be administered based on an excel spreadsheet rather than a doctor’s medical opinion. President Obama went to the airwaves constantly to tell us, that even though this law may make that possible, it was not anything he would consider doing to us. Well guess what.
Democrats and Republicans are joining to oppose one of the most important features of President Obama’s new deficit reduction plan, a powerful independent board that could make sweeping cuts in the growth of Medicare spending.
Mr. Obama wants to expand the power of the 15-member panel, which was created by the new health care law, to rein in Medicare costs.
But not only do Republicans and some Democrats oppose increasing the power of the board, they also want to eliminate it altogether. Opponents fear that the panel, known as the Independent Payment Advisory Board, would usurp Congressional spending power over one of the government’s most important and expensive social programs.
Under the law, spending cuts recommended by the presidentially appointed panel would take effect automatically unless Congress voted to block or change them. In general, federal courts could not review actions to carry out the board’s recommendations. The impact of the board’s decisions could be magnified because private insurers often use Medicare rates as a guide or a benchmark in paying doctors, hospitals and other providers.
What this is, for those who are not paying attention, is a system where costs are going to be controlled by bureaucrats who are charged with rationing of resources. If the cost benefit analysis curve dictates that Grandma is too old to waste the funding allowed for hip replacement surgery, then it’s hard cheese for Grandma. If a child with Downs Syndrome, such as Governor Palin’s, does not fit the criteria of a sound economic investment for removal of a busted appendix, Sorry Governor, perhaps you should say your goodbyes now. The Death Panel has just been given its authority by President Barak Hussein Obama, and it has been done so under the provisions of the new Health Care Law.
Most of the nation now owes Sarah Palin an apology. With all of the Democrats and a good chunk of the Republicans laughing at her for pointing this out, she stuck to her guns. As it turns out, she was 100% right on this one.
Something else to note here. This law has been struck down in its entirety by a Federal District Judge as unconstitutional. This law, which is sucking down a ton of our fiscal resources, technically does not exist. Obama, should not be appointing 15 person death panels. The entire process in place right now, besides being evil on its surface, also manages to remove any semblance of the checks and balances system which is the cornerstone of our republic. As of right now, medical decisions, thanks to a cynically vague law, and a suave lying President, allows 15 unelected, unaccountable, bureaucrats to take lordship over the lives of literally every American Citizen. What if a future President decides to only appoint people to this panel who will agree to only approve medical care for those who support the President politically? I realize that Obama would never do that, after all he promised, and we know from experience that his word is as good as gold. Will that be true for every one who follows our current President though?
Fellow conservatives, don’t sit out the next election. We need to fire Barak Obama, and we need to fire his minions.
Crossposted at Musings of a Mad Conservative.
UPDATE: Last week, President Obama went to the mat to whine about how us evil conservatives wanted to through babies with autism and downs syndrome out into the street in some sort of evil purging of the disabled. So, read this little gem to see what the left truly thinks of the less fortunate of our society. I realize that this does not represent the belief system of every liberal in the country, but I can not resist pointing out that the liberals, every last one of them, accused Sarah Palin, the victim of this trash, of being a murderer for exercising her First Amendment rights by stating the conservative point of view. (I am referring to the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting.) Exit question: How do you liberals out there square this disgusting display of your vision of the master race with your charge that conservatives are indeed cruel enough to wish special needs children dead?
Update hat tip to Vagabond trader.
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