Critical Condition: Are you covered in case of emergency? These families thought they were
Tag: Death Panels
Jan 25 2010
Dateline NBC: Critical Condition
Oct 11 2009
Olbermann’s call to Action: a Photo Essay
Hopefully you saw Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on the sorry state of the Health Insurance System in American. And hopefully, you were moved to action, like I was. There’s still time to pony up, if it slipped your mind. Let’s give Keith some ammo when he resumes the fight next week.
DONATE HERE: National Association of Free Clinics
as linked on Countdown’s home page
Time is a task-master, that waits for no one,
We can only heed its call, as it marches, inexorably forward …
Hopefully we will find compassion, as we turn its pages.
If you missed the Special Comment, read on for some of the highlights …
Oct 03 2009
Be a Good Patriot — Die Quickly!
Crossposted at Booman Tribune
Alan Grayson has recently raised the ire of the corpatocracy and their volunteer army of teabaggers merely by simply stating the obvious, this being our obligation as good citizens, as defined by the Republican Party and the mislabeled “centrists” of the Democratic Party:
1. Don’t get sick.
2. If you do get sick…
3. Die quickly.
The Economic Royalist cabal has cried loudly, and in unison, demanding that Mr. Grayson apologize. And even some in the so-called liberal blogosphere have joined the call for him to fall on his sword for his Holocaust reference. Although the numbers of dead (officially) are not yet as large, Big Money in this country has positioned themselves to realize a profit from the deaths of those inhabiting the “undesirable” class, those whose lack of wealth must surely be due to laziness and sloth. Even the Nazis, to our knowledge, did not realize six and seven-figure tax-free payouts from those who were sent to the gas chambers. Fortunately, Rep. Grayson’s recent apology was not what his detractors had in mind, that of apologizing for the congressional inaction that continues while approximately 122 people per day die in this country due to lack of access to healthcare. In case you haven’t seen it yet:
Oct 03 2009
Empty Talking Points, Faux Outrage, and The Lie Factory — Exposed.
Ed Schultz: This wasn’t flippant, Grayson just took it to them ‘by the rules’. And he doesn’t have to apologize to nobody for anything. And you know what, there are a lot of Lefties around this Country, in their living rooms tonight saying, ‘YES! this is how you got to handle these folks!’
The Republicans are demanding an apology for the same reason they are offering Amendments about Czars — They have nothing to offer in the Health Care Debate!
[…]Ed Schultz: Congressman Grayson do you take anything back?
Alan Grayson: Absolutely NOT! — the people WHO should be apologizing are the Republicans — they’re the ones who should be apologize for dragging us all through the mud here, while we are just trying to improve Health Care in America.
Sep 10 2009
WIN! Hannity’s guest calls his lies “Idiotic”!
Crossposted at Daily Kos
Caroline Heldman: “End of life counselling does not constitute death panels.”
Hannity: “It does to me”
Caroline Heldman: “That is an idiotic reading of that . . . ”
Hannity: “I’m an idiot?”
Pretty much the definition of an idiot is someone who, if you call their ideas idiotic to their face, says something stupid like “I’m an idiot?”
No, Sean, you’re a freakin genius!
The transcript and more below teh stupid fold
Sep 05 2009
Doctor tells Congress all, about Health Care Denials
Doctor Linda Peeno, a renown expert in the field of “Managed Care”, explains to Congress the dirty little secrets behind the Business of Health Care Denial:
Doctor Linda Peeno, a renown expert in the field of “Managed Care”, explains to Congress the dirty little secrets behind the Business of Health Care Denial:
THE REAL DEATH PANELS: Insurance Companies That Deny Care
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…
Linda Peeno, M.D.
In the spring of 1987, as a Physician, I denied a man a necessary operation, that would have saved his life. And thus caused his death. And I’m haunted by the thousands of pieces of paper, on which I have written that deadly word: Denied.
Aug 26 2009
Veteran’s Owed Apology
Michael Steele Owes an Apology to Veterans
To knowingly and intentionally tell our Veterans such a blatant lie, that their own government is encouraging them to commit suicide, is unconscionable and reprehensible. Only a truly sick mind could make such a statement. Unfortunately, the sick mind making the statement is one of the most prominent members of the Republican Party in the United States………..Read Rest Here
Aug 26 2009
Death Panels really do Exist — They’re called Private Insurers
Those “death panels” really do exist
MediaMatters — August 20, 2009
To date, the media have debunked the “kill granny” lie more than 40 times. The nonpartisan FactCheck.org says the claim of mandatory counseling on ending seniors’ lives is “a misrepresentation.” ABC’s chief medical editor, Dr. Tim Johnson, said “the idea about death panels” is “not at all legitimate.” PolitiFact.com has called “death panel” claims “a ridiculous falsehood.” When the Associated Press conducted a fact check of the bogus charge, it reported, “No ‘death panel in health care bill.’ “
After former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claimed that “Obama’s ‘death panel’ ” could decide the fate of her parents or her son who has Down syndrome, conservative radio host Larry Elder aptly called her comments “over the top.” […]
It seems Sarah’s still leading that pied-piper Twitter Parade …