Posts Tagged ‘big brother’
National Health Care: ObamaCare ushers in ‘Logan’s Run’ era
Written by Chad Phillips
Wednesday, 29 July 2009 13:49
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We had heard “chatter” about this provision and checked it out for ourselves. Sure enough, starting on page 424 with Section 1233 – “Advance Care Planning Considerations,” Congress is requiring “end of life” counseling sessions every five years for seniors. If that doesn’t send cold chills down your spine, then you should be concerned. (You can reference the bill for yourself, here…)

Why our analogy to ‘Logan’s Run?’ Here’s a summary from Wikipedia:

Logan’s Run is a novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, it depicts a dystopian future society in which population and the consumption of resources is managed and maintained in equilibrium by the simple expedient of demanding the death of everyone upon reaching a particular age, thus avoiding the issue of overpopulation.

We think the letter and intent of the liberal Democrats is quite clear. Reduce costs by rationing care to the elderly and terminally ill. To quote the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago:

The message is clear: government can save money by encouraging old people to die a little sooner than they otherwise would. Instead of being regarded with reverence, and cherished, human life is subject in this view to a utilitarian cost-benefit calculus and can be sacrificed to serve fiscal policy and the sacred imperative of trimming a budget.

The next issue we’re examining is the creation of yet another BIG GOVERNMENT agency that will determine comparative effectiveness. What’s that? That agency will use “research” and will decide the treatments onw should get, who should get them, and whether they should be made available at all.  Even Senator Tom Daschle (D, South Dakota) admits in his book that Socialized Medicine “will not be pain-free”. He insists that Seniors should accept the aging process and forgo expensive treatments.

Editor's note: This piece was submitted to us from our friends over at SensibleLife.com and reproduced here with their permission.

 
Dang It! More fun from the looney left on health care
Written by Matt Bennett
Friday, 15 May 2009 17:33
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FROM THE AP: WASHINGTON – House Democrats are crafting a plan  that would require all Americans to carry health insurance and would help families making less than $88,000 pay the premiums. Employers, too, would have to help foot the bill.

It's the latest development in President Barack Obama's push to fix the ailing U.S. health care system by getting the government more deeply involved.

Obama has said the final legislation must rein in costs, guarantee choice of health plans and medical providers, and ensure that all Americans have access to affordable coverage. But he's leaving it to Congress to work out the details. (emphasis mine)

I promised myself that I wasn't going to get political at all on this blog. But the phrase in red hit me so hard I had to comment. I"ll make it short. The "ailing" health care system is only ailing because the government is already deeply involved. Every time the government gets "deeply involved" in something, it functions less effectively at greater costs. One small step towards socialism for a man, one great leap towards socialism for mankind. This is health care we're talking about. And it's worrisome.

But even more worrisome is the word in the first bolded sentence in purple, is the word "required" – Require all Americans to carry health insurance. Require a free citizen to do something that the government thinks may be
good for his health. This is scary stuff, boys and girls. This goes way beyond socialism. I guess liberal democrats don't care about SOME civil rights. According to them, we have the right to freedom, unless the lack of freedom
is "good for us."

This makes me angry. And scared.

Editor's Note: A former Journalist and MTW contributor, Matt Bennet blogs on anything and everything he deems relevant. Want to know more? Check him out at Life of the List.