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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mr Mannn on June 05, 2008, 04:56:49 PM
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http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08060402.html
This IS socialized medicine, and its YOUR future if Obama takes the helm.
SALEM, Oregon, June 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Lung cancer patient, Barbara Wagner, was recently notified that her oncologist-prescribed medication that would slow the growth of cancer would not be covered by the Oregon Health Plan; the plan, however, she was informed, would cover doctor-assisted suicide should she wish to kill herself.
"Treatment of advanced cancer that is meant to prolong life, or change the course of this disease, is not a covered benefit of the Oregon Health Plan," read the letter notifying Wagner of the health plan's decision.
Wagner says she was shocked by the decision. "To say to someone, we'll pay for you to die, but not pay for you to live, it's cruel," she told the Register-Guard. "I get angry. Who do they think they are?"
This past Monday morning, however, Wagner had reason to rejoice. A representative from the company that manufactures the treatment called the cancer patient to say they would give her the medication for free.
In EVERY case around the world, socialized health care rations life saving treatments because they are too expensive. This is what happens when bureaucrats, not doctors run health care.
Only an utter fool would trust the government with health care for those he loves.
Maybe this is why Andyscam would NOT accept free treatment in Oregon...
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I've been under socialized health care my whole life. Thankfully though, the Military doesn't think about how to save money when it comes to it's own. Even with terminal diseases that are found in it's newest troops, it foots the bill to the very end.