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we should be very troubled by Section 1233 of H.R. 3200. The section, titled “Advanced Care Planning Consultation” requires senior citizens to meet at least every 5 years with a doctor or nurse practitioner to discuss dying with dignity.
The section requires that they talk to their doctor, not a lawyer, about living wills, durable healthcare powers of attorney, hospice, etc.
Given the progressive intelligentsia already being on the record in favor of euthanizing the elderly, it is no small leap to see where the Democrats are headed with this.
Legally forcing senior citizens to have “death with dignity schedules every few years is just another way to say the government wants to make sure seniors know it is time to commit suicide to save the system money.
And saving any medical system through encouraged deaths of the elderly or unborn is not a medical system worth having. The Hippocratic Oath requires doctors to “do no harm.” That’s meant toward the patient, not the costs to the government.
H.R. 3200
Sec. 1233. ADVANCED CARE PLANNING CONSULTATION.
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(b) EXPANSION OF PHYSICIAN QUALITY REPORTING INITIATIVE FOR END OF LIFE CARE.
(1) PHYSICIAN’S QUALITY REPORTING INITIATIVE.—
Section 1848(k)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(k)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
(3) PHYSICIAN’S QUALITY REPORTING INITIATIVE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of reporting data on quality measures for covered professional services furnished during 2011 and any subsequent year, to the extent that measures are available, the Secretary shall include quality measures on end of life care and advanced care planning that have been adopted or endorsed by a consensus-based organization, if appropriate. Such measures shall measure both the creation of and adherence to orders for life-sustaining treatment.
Charlie Sykes, Adulterer, Coward, Vindictive Republican shill
Offensive. Cowardly. Immoral.
That describes talk radio show host Charlie Sykes. He’s a pig — an adulterous scumbag who preaches morality with the help of the radio station he works for, AM620WTMJ. He shuts down people who disagree with him and promotes candidates and ideas that he agrees with. He is brutal, vicious and uses his show to spread vitriolic rants that are little more than ads for the Republican party and their candidates.
To understand why Sykes grates on me you have to understand my personality. Honor, integrity and fidelity are key to who I am. There is no greater promise that a man can make to a woman than that promise to love, honor and cherish her for the rest of her days — till death do you part. I understand that differences can occur and marriages can crumble, but there really isn’t an excuse for violating the marital oath through infidelity.
Sexuality and physical drives are something that we as humans all deal with. But what separates us from the animals is our ability to hold our drives in check. Sykes doesn’t understand that....
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by getreadyalready
Hey, getready (and everyone), how are DNR orders and Living Wills any different?
I mean, it's not as if we're going the route of films like Logan's Run or Soylent Green, is it??
Originally posted by weedwhacker
I mean, it's not as if we're going the route of films like Logan's Run or Soylent Green, is it??
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by Alxandro
Little confused.
You have a ink in blue, there, to the radio station in Milwaukee, and the 'article' on Charlie Sykes' blog...but I don't see the headline of your OP anywhere in the piece you cited?
Did President Obama himself pen this bill? If it's even true...
Here's an excerpt I turned up after a quick search of Charlie Sykes:
Charlie Sykes, Adulterer, Coward, Vindictive Republican shill
Offensive. Cowardly. Immoral.
That describes talk radio show host Charlie Sykes. He’s a pig — an adulterous scumbag who preaches morality with the help of the radio station he works for, AM620WTMJ. He shuts down people who disagree with him and promotes candidates and ideas that he agrees with. He is brutal, vicious and uses his show to spread vitriolic rants that are little more than ads for the Republican party and their candidates.
To understand why Sykes grates on me you have to understand my personality. Honor, integrity and fidelity are key to who I am. There is no greater promise that a man can make to a woman than that promise to love, honor and cherish her for the rest of her days — till death do you part. I understand that differences can occur and marriages can crumble, but there really isn’t an excuse for violating the marital oath through infidelity.
Sexuality and physical drives are something that we as humans all deal with. But what separates us from the animals is our ability to hold our drives in check. Sykes doesn’t understand that....
watchdogmilwaukee.com...
I'd love to see more info on this, if true, and not have to rely on a person like Sykes.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by getreadyalready
Hey, getready (and everyone), how are DNR orders and Living Wills any different?
I mean, it's not as if we're going the route of films like Logan's Run or Soylent Green, is it??