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September 15, 2009
Newsweek article: 'The Case for Killing Granny'
Topics: Political News and commentariesBelieve it or not, the title of this Newsweek's piece is actually "The Case For Killing Granny," and in it the author writes that the need to spend less money on the elderly at the end of life is the elephant in the room in the health-reform debate.
Several things struck me about the article, in addition to the author appearing to be sincere, basically factual, and logical to a fault - the sanctity of human life never enters into the equation: One, Barack Obama is going to love it, two, aside from the case of the author's dear mother, in my mind it makes the case to reject Obamacare because most Americans don't wish to go the route of Terry Schiavo, and three, it neglects the fact that paying providers less for their services results in even greater rationing of care because fewer doctors will be willing to postpone retirement for less money and fewer rural clinics will be able to afford to stay in business.
Posted by Richard at September 15, 2009 8:02 AM
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