Swedish proverb: God gives every bird his worm,
but He does not throw it into the nest.
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but He does not throw it into the nest.
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Sunday morning TV news. Folks at "town hall" meetings on health care, protesting, carrying signs, getting loud and angry. People interviewed on the street saying they don't want the government deciding who is worthy of treatment, who lives or dies, letting older people go.
I don't understand.
That's not how it would work, but even if it were, are they really saying that rather than decisions based on outlook, probabilities, and statistics (which are what a good doctor uses anyway), they prefer that decisions (often overruling doctor's recommendations) be made by insurance companies whose first priority is profit?
I really really don't understand what those people are thinking.
I DO understand the motives of those thinking FOR them.
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3 comments:
It's frustrating to read about people going into panics about government "death squads".
Still, assisted suicide has gotten abused.
http://badcripple.blogspot.com/2009/02/assisted-suicide-misconceptions-abound.html
And Google "Dignitas" in Switzerland. They've killed over a thousand people so far.
Uh, how did health insurance reform turn into assisted suicide?
My misunderstanding?
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