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Aug 26, 2009 
Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer redacted a health-care provision that Sarah Pailin called “death panel” and “downright evil.” In a Facebook posting, she basically said that “ federal bureaucrats would play God” and decide on who is worthy of health care. The provision of the health care bill as written by Blumenauer would allow Medicare to pay doctors to counsel selected patients about end-of-life care…or care of life-end. Blumenauer condemned Pailin, joined by many other elected officials –both sides of the aisle, some Reps desperately trying to distance themselves from the failing presidential ticket– and media echo chambers. He also said that “It’s deliberate at this point. If she wasn’t deliberately lying at the beginning, she is deliberately allowing a terrible falsehood to be spread with her name.” Interestingly, Pailin harsh words came out Aug 7th and after 5 days of damage control and denial, Aug 13, the senators have finally excluded the provision and put an end to the angry debate because “it could be misinterpreted or implemented incorrectly” according to Senator Chuck Grassley who also stated that the provision had been dropped from consideration.
Question to you?
Was Pailin really wrong? If yes, why was the provision discarded after public scrutiny and why the talks about setting ethical, regulated and sensitive “end of life” counseling?
In an Obama future world that could have been, when you are considering putting a loved one in hospice care, would you want to be offered end-of-life solutions instead, presented with all the perks of getting rid of the old fart instead of dragging him into an expensive and wasteful program? You tell me!
Eric Chevreuil
