I’m not in the habit of linking to known prevaricating sites but this one cannot slither past.

In a post called the L word, an attempt to obscure what is in the health care bill takes place. This attempt is buttressed by none other that the WaPo, recently caught trying to sell tete à tetes with politicians and lobbyists, now suddenly becomes the beacon of truth and light in journalism. My-my-my!

A campaign on conservative talk radio, fueled by President Obama’s calls to control exorbitant medical bills, has sparked fear among senior citizens that the health-care bill moving through Congress will lead to end-of-life “rationing” and even “euthanasia.”

Using this article from the DC handstainer, better known as the “Flat Earth News” this blogger disembarkswith this bit of overripe brie!

that mandatory counseling sessions with Medicare beneficiaries would “tell them how to end their life sooner” and would teach the elderly how to “decline nutrition . . . and cut your life short.” [emphasis added]

Ceci Connolly knows McCaughey’s lying, but Connolly will never stoop to baldly stating that truth to her readers.
How do I know Connolly knows? Paragraph 2:

The controversy stems from a proposal to pay physicians who counsel elderly or terminally ill patients about what medical interventions they would prefer near the end of life and how to prepare instructions such as living wills. Under the plan, Medicare would reimburse doctors for one session every five years to confer with a patient about his or her wishes and how to ensure those preferences are followed. The counseling sessions would be voluntary. [emphasis added]

Connolly prefers reporting the controversy to reporting the truth. She has a long disreputable history of doing this. It allows her to put the conservative propaganda into play without taking responsibility for it.

Just what is in the Pelosi crafted bill to cause such agitation? I posted on this once; a closer consideration is obligatory, focusing on only those constituents giving the alte kackers the runs. Go ahead, parse “will, order, mandates” and while you are at it, “is” for Clinton. He didn’t finish that.
From the house bill:

• Pg 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life
• Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct and consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty.
• Pg 425 Lines 22-25, & Pg 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death.
• Pg 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program for orders for end of life.
• Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An “advance care planning consult” will be used frequently as patient’s health deteriorates
• Pg 429 Lines 10-12 “Advance care consultation” may include an ORDER for end of life plans.
• Pg 429 Lines 13-25 The Govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.
• Pg 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life

I’d avoid calling Ceci Connolly a snake oil peddler; seems you need to do your homework and take off the tinfoil hat.

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