Is this Sarah Palin’s America? Fear-mongering and power-grabs? Did she read the various committee bills? I don’t think so.
The premise is so ludicrous that one doesn’t know where to begin. Today, in the current system, health care and coverage are rationed and claims denied all of the time. And all the bill says is that people should have health care proxies and end of life directives so doctors and family know their wishes. I have a great plan and my partner and my sister have my proxies and my directives. My mother was dying of cancer and gave us proxies and directives about what she wanted and did not want done at the end. This is called planning ahead and having a say in your care. This is NOT about euthanasia. This is about individualism and choice.
Does anyone’s health insurance cover a 95 year old who wants a heart transplant? No. Cataracts? Sure. The government is not taking away a right that exists.
In fact, GOP took health insurance away from CHILDREN, so stop touting your special needs child. I have a child with special needs, too. So, I know that is a photo-op and I am appalled.
Americans cannot cheat death. But we can live healthier and longer with a health care system that covers more wellness programs so that there is less need emergency surgeries or long hospital stays.
And, Sarah, preying on the fears of Americans who don’t have the resources or the time to understand the issues is UNAMERICAN and CRIMINAL. There are too many people in this GREAT country who have no insurance and we the taxpayers pay their entire bill when they show up in the emergency room at a critical stage THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED had they access to health care professionals. But, hey, those ideas are mavericky and we all know you are not the real deal.
You say that Obama’s health care plan is “evil”. That is proof enough that it is a good plan. Why? Because you are the Devil.
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By MARK THIESSEN, Associated Press Writer Mark Thiessen, Associated Press Writer –
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – In her first communication since leaving office, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin described in an Internet posting Friday that President Barack Obama‘s plan to overhaul the health care system was evil.
“Who will suffer the most when they ration care? The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course,” the former vice Republican presidential candidate wrote on her Facebook page.
“The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil,” Palin wrote.
An e-mail sent to Palin’s spokeswoman to confirm authorship was not immediately returned Friday.
Obama, a Democrat, campaigned on a promise of offering affordable health care to all Americans, as the United States is the only developed nation that does not have a comprehensive national health care plan for all its citizens.
He has proposed a system that would include government and private insurers. Republicans say that private insurers would be unable to compete, leaving the country with only a government-run health program. They warn that could leave Americans with little control over their health care.
Republican criticism has included claims that the reform plans will lead to rationing, or the government determining which medical procedures a patient can have. However, millions of Americans already face rationing, as insurance companies rule on procedures they will cover.
Denying coverage for certain procedures might increase under proposals to have a government-appointed agency identify medicines and procedures best suited for various conditions.
Denying coverage for certain procedures might increase under proposals to have a government-appointed agency identify medicines and procedures best suited for various conditions.
In the posting, Palin encouraged her supporters to be engaged in the debate. “Nationalizing our health care system is a point of no return for government interference in the lives of its citizens. If we go down this path, there will be no turning back,” Palin wrote.
“Let’s stop and think and make our voices heard before it’s too late,” the posting said.
Palin resigned as Alaska governor on July 26 with nearly 18 months left in her term. She cited not only the numerous ethics complaints that had been filed against her also her wish not to be a lame duck after the first-term governor decided not to seek re-election next year.
Palin, popular with conservatives in the Republican party, has said she wants to build a right-of-center coalition, and there is speculation she will seek the presidency in 2012. In the two weeks since she resigned, Palin has made only one public appearance, giving a Second Amendment rights speech last Saturday before a gun owners group in Anchorage.
Palin also has been largely silent before Friday’s post. She was a voracious user of the social networking site Twitter, and promised to keep her supporters updated with a new private account after she left office. But that hasn’t happened, leaving some of her fans begging for updates in the past two weeks.
